| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 416th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (01 November 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97438
Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 1/44; {29m} transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; while over Vienna 1/11/44 ship was damaged with Bill Donnell, Co-pilot: Tom Vaughan, Waist gunner: Jim Holbrook, Waist gunner: Jim Pewitt,Tail gunner: Francis Miaers (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Roy Compton, Bombardier: Chas Melvin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Gruner, Radio Operator: Stan Pociask(4 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: John Meringola (Killed in Action); ship limped back to land at Bari, Italy; {66m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/6/45; 4124 BU Altus 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 25 August 2017
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