B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97260 / Bow-Ur-Neck-Stevens

History of
B-17 42-97260 / Bow-Ur-Neck-Stevens

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-Q] Molesworth 26/3/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken (8m) 11/5/44 with Capt John Long, Co-pilot: Wilbur Gee, Bombardier: Joe Fahlbusch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Wilson, Radio Operator: Oscar Villasenor, Ball turret gunner: Frank Logan, Waist gunner: Albt Ledley, Waist gunner: Mace Henson (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Henry Przybyszewski,Tail gunner: Tony Orlando, obs-Capt Bob Livingston (3 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #1, further shells took out #3, aircraft then exploded at Neuhaus, near Fischbach, four miles N of Saarbrucken, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4868. BOW-UR-NECK STEVES.

Last updated: 4. September 2017