Production-block:
B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 412th Bomb Squadron
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QWN, DI-V
MACR: 11136
History of
B-17 42-97407 / As-te-rix
Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Horham 7/4/44; 16m SAD 10/6/44; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-V] Framlingham 11/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Gene Peterson, Maurice Bjorkstrom, Harry Goodwin, Calvin Davis, Edmund Dinzillo, Lou Onofrio (6 Killed in Action); Ray Lubinski, Curtis Green, Bill Pace (3 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 44-8080 (390BG), crashed Flur Oberklobikau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11136. ASTERISK.
Last updated: 18. December 2017
B-17 42-97407 / As-te-rix Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-8080 ‘The Saint’ on 30 November 1944.
22. January 2023 access_time 3:19
Hello, I thought it appropriate to include this link to a video where Bill Pace is interviewed back in 2005. https://youtu.be/0yJJgX8fbW4
13. March 2024 access_time 20:54
Thanks for the interviewlink. We adopted George Evancho’s grave at Margraten US Military Cemetery. George was in the B 17 who crashed into Bill’s B -17.