Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XM-K
MACR: 4008
History of
B-17 42-97086 / American Maid
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-K] transferred 333BS (TS- ) Rougham 13/3/44; Missing in Action Poznan 11/4/44 with Ben Totushek, Navigator: Harvey Durant, Bombardier: Bill Kipp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Tidwell (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Kleine, Radio Operator: Pete Papas, Ball turret gunner: Bob Swindley, Waist gunner: Charles J Mott, Waist gunner: Bob Davis,Tail gunner: Bob Doyle (6 Prisoner of War Stalag 17-B); flak, crash landed Osterby, ten miles W of Flensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4008. AMERICAN MAID.
Last updated: 25. April 2024
B-17 42-97086 / American Maid Details
04. July 2022 access_time 23:14
The belly gunner was Robert H. Swindler of Charlotte, North Carolina. Died December 1988.
26. July 2022 access_time 21:05
Hello Mr. Rodden. Are you a family member of Robert H. Swindler?
Yes, he was the ball turret gunner.
I live in Germany and I am looking for descendants of the crew members of the “American Maid”
Can you help me?
03. August 2022 access_time 21:42
The co-pilot of the American Maid B-17 #42-97086 was William F Kleine, last residence Centerville, Ohio. Bill survived the crash and was a POW at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany until the end of the war. He passed at 88 yrs. old in 2010.