Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 544th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SU-T |
| MACR | 4350 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (27 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97136
Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-T] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Herb Small, Co-pilot: Roy Morris, Navigator: Jim McGee, Bombardier: John Sewack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Pirrello, Radio Operator: Marion Parker, Ball turret gunner: John Reynolds, Waist gunner: Dave George, Waist gunner: Russ Ulrich,Tail gunner: Ed Potkay (10 Killed in Action); flak on left wing, caught fire and spun in, crashed Le Pont Durand, two miles S of Rocheville, six miles W of Valognes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4350.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 22 August 2017
28. September 2025 access_time 5:39
42-97136, appears in “Target for Today”, a 1944 documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2.