| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 332nd Bomb Squadron, 333rd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | XM-K |
| MACR: | 4008 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (11 April 1944) |
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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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-97086 / American Maid Details
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This page was last updated on 25 April 2024
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.
27. March 2026 access_time 14:49
There is a memorial placed on the crash site in Osterby, Germany, and a website to tell of this story.
https://micro.page/B17AmericanMaid
The waist gunner, Charles Mott, was my grandfather. Thank you for honoring the crew by sharing this information.