Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 358th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BN-V
MACR: 11760
History of
B-17 42-97058 / Scorchy II
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 27/2/44; Assigned: 27 March 1944 – 8th AF / 1st AD / 41st CBW / 303rd BG / 359BS – (RAF Molesworth) Missing in Action: 21 January 1945 (Mid-air collision) Rottwel, Germany. 9 KIA, 1 POW (MACR 11760) Dick Tasker, Angelito Francis, Clyde Meadows, John McDonnell, Bill Toon, Bruce Hinnershots, Paul Kapczinski, Chas Van Ornum, Carl Hurlbutt (9 Killed in Action); Art Driver (Prisoner of War).
Last updated: 4. September 2017
B-17 42-97058 / Scorchy II Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-8137 on 21 January 1945.
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