B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97191 / Silver Ball

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97191 / Silver Ball

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: DS-X

MACR: 5326 / KSU/ME/KU: 2034

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History of
B-17 42-97191 / Silver Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Memphis 21/2/44; Presque Is 1/3/44; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 6/3/44; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-X] Polebrook 25/3/44; Missing in Action 17m Dessau 28/5/44 with Carl Miller, Ball turret gunner: Isador Kaplowitz (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maurice Fikes, Navigator: Russell Brown, n/g-Sgt Ernie Lemcke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Avry, Radio Operator: Jim McCann, Waist gunner: Albt Lien, Waist gunner: Tony Bushlow,Tail gunner: George Stafford (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed railroad near Flur Medlitz, nine miles NE of Zerbst, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5326. SILVER BALL.

Last updated: 2. July 2022

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B-17 42-97191 / Silver Ball Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Carl F. Miller KIA
CP 2LT Maurice G. Fikes POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Frank Avry POW
RO T/SGT James D. McCann POW
BT S/SGT Isidor P. Kaplowitz POW
WG SGT Albert L. Lien POW
WG SGT Anthony J. Bushlow POW
TG S/SGT George A. Stafford POW
TOG S/SGT Ernest A. Lemcke POW

Kevin Stafford son of POW
17. April 2018 access_time 3:05

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