Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-50-BO: 42-5350 to 42-5484 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 369th Bomb Squadron, 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WW-D, JD-M |
| MACR | 2264 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (30 November 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-5404 / Geezil
Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; West Palm Beach 18/12/42; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Thurleigh 1/2/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 22/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Horace Writz, Bombardier: Paul Beeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Gribbons (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russell Harmen, Navigator: Bob Corman, Radio Operator: Frank Robertson, Ball turret gunner: Tony Hetzer, Waist gunner: Zenen Mikolayk, Waist gunner: Ed Gac,Tail gunner: Ed Pazsit (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Doehren, near Melle, 18 miles SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2264. THE GEEZIL.
B-17 42-5404 / Geezil Details
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