B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97058 / Scorchy II

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 358th Bomb Squadron
RCL BN-V
MACR 11760
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(21 January 1945)
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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).

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B-17 42-97058 / Scorchy II Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-8137 on 21 January 1945.

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