| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-50-BO: 42-5350 to 42-5484 |
| Delievered: | Tulsa |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 97th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 341st Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (26 April 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-5377 / Axis Axes
Delivered Tulsa 26/11/42; West Palmm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 341BS/97BG Biskra 21/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Missing in Action Grossetto A/fd 26/4/43, with Dick Charlton, Calkins, Locke, Buskin, Lent, Meares, Vince, Leffler, Walters, Thoreson. AXIS AXES.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-5377 / Axis Axes Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Richard Charlton | UNK | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert H. Calkins | POW | DOW on May 24, 1943 |
| NAV | 1LT | Sumner E. Locke | UNK | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Richard G. Buskin | UNK | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William G. Meares | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Merrill G. Lent | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Michael R. Vince | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | William Leffler | UNK | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert E. Walters | UNK | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Robert H. Thoreson | UNK | - |
This page was last updated on 15 April 2025
01. May 2020 access_time 18:16
I am looking for the military marks of this b-17, “Axis Axes”, including “nose art”, do you have news? photos, drawings, whatever. I live in Grosseto and that plane was shot down here.