B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5948 / Thunderbolt

Delivered Long Beach 28/5/43; Cheyenne 7/6/43; Gr Isle 29/6/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 99BG 9/8/43; transferred 342BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Missing in Action Innsbruck 19/12/43 with 1Lt Robert W Dawson, 2Lt Harold B Novak, 2Lt Earl B Sullivan, 2Lt Thomas J McHugh, S/Sgt George F Barth, S/Sgt Robert J Dean, Sgt Kenneth A Schroll, S/Sgt Clarence L Sommerfeld, Sgt Joseph L Radanovic, S/Sgt Joseph A Dobrzanski. enemy aircraft, #2 engine on fire, crashed Linz, Aus. Four chutes seen, pilot blown out of a/c, MACR 1520. THUNDERBOLT.