Source:
Video Target for Today
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 359th Bomb Squadron, 366th Bomb Squadron, 368th Bomb Squadron, 427th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | KY-A, BO-E, BN-E, GN-E |
| MACR | 2646 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | AV 608/44, KU-929 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (22 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-5052 / Mizpah
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; New Castle 13/10/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 2/11/42; transferred 368BS/306BG [BO-E] Thurleigh 1/5/43; AFSC 19/4/43 – 9/6/43; 359BS/303BG [BN-E] Molesworth 25/9/43; transferred 427BS [GN-E]; Missing in Action 22/2/44 with 358 crew with Jim Moffatt, Co-pilot: Frank Pringle, Bombardier: Paul Mazey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Rowan,Tail gunner: Nick Fizzani (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gayle Dearborn, Radio Operator: Enos Odell, Ball turret gunner: Vince Loeffel, Waist gunner: Wilbur Sanders, Waist gunner: Jack Slagle (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ganzweiler, due S of Munchen-Gladbach, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 2646. MIZPAH.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-5052 / Mizpah Details
B-17 42-5052 / Mizpah Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | James Moffat | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Frank G. Pringle | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Gayle W. Dearborn | KIA | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Paul L. Mazey | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Richard E. Rowan | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Enos H. Odell | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Vincent C. Loeffel | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Wilbur R. Sanders | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Jack A. Slagle | KIA | - |
| TG | SGT | Nicholas Fizzani | POW | - |
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