Production-block:
B-17F-35-VE: 42-5905 to 42-5954
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 97th Bomb Group
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 340th Bomb Squadron
- 416th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6617
History of
B-17 42-5946
Delivered Long Beach 19/5/43; Cheyenne 4/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Dow Fd 12/7/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 15/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 11/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Brod 2/7/44 with Ed Ferro, Diro, French, Hunt, Raynard, Moore, Oswald, Smith, Dellinger, Roeth; enemy aircraft, crashed Komarom. Missing Air Crew Report 6617.
Last updated: 28. August 2017
06. October 2022 access_time 1:04
My Uncle was on this crew he was the Pilot Flight Officer 1st Lt. Edward N. Dibs B17 tail number 42-5946 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Sq. 15th Air Force. after action report says they were shot down by enemy aircraft on 2 July 1944 only 4 chutes were seen over Brod, Yugoslavia My Uncle became a POW along with the other 3 that same day is there any reason why his name is not in your information for the crew list?