Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 508th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: YB-N
MACR: 5330
History of
B-17 42-97157 / Mr Malfunction
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 24/3/44; Missing in Action {20m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Edgar Sengstock, Navigator: Bob Fitzpatrick, Bombardier: Wilf Kirby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sahulcik, Radio Operator: Ralph Green, Ball turret gunner: John Kilby,Tail gunner: Oliver Weatherholt (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Emerson[actually drowned in River Rhine], Waist gunner: Bob Wenzloff (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Windschlag, three miles NE of Offenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5330. MR MALFUNCTION.
Last updated: 17. August 2017
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