Source:
www.fold3.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: | , 546th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BK-N |
| MACR | 8901 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (12 September 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97142 / Little Bill
Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-N] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Ernest Hanlon, Co-pilot: Harry Vallere, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willis Blasingame, Ball turret gunner: Jacques Titelle, Waist gunner: Dick Wiethorp,Tail gunner: Jim Brennan (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Art Segars, Bombardier: Steve Corcoran, Radio Operator: Gene McCarthy (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Grunfelde, S of Wittstock, NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8901. DANIEL WEBSTER.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 09 February 2020
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