B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97474 / Homing Pigeon

History of
B-17 42-97474 / Homing Pigeon

Delivered Denver 26/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 15/1/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Francis Fridgen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Brennan, Radio Operator: Bill Reilly, Ball Turret Gunner: Garrett Bartle (4POW); Co-Pilot: Dave Waller, Navigator: Paul Ehrmann, Bombardier: Phil Palmer, Waist Gunner: Oliver Gaby (4KIA); Waist Gunner: Walt Abernathy, Tail Gunner: Lowell Slayton (2EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Ostendorf church, Opherdicke/Westfalia, Germany. MACR 2934. HOMING PIGEON.

Last updated: 12. November 2018