Source:
Collection of Michael Ripley
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 398th Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 326th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | JW-B |
| MACR | 7699 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (03 August 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97293
Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Rapid City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-B] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Merkviller 3/8/44 with John Hendrickson, Ball turret gunner: Otto Hoff, Waist gunner: John Beaver (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Albt Swanson, Navigator: Abe Dresner, Bombardier: Bill Goade, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Madden, Radio Operator: Barney Haley,Tail gunner: Bill Mosher (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lesch, NW of Metz, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7699.
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