Production-block:
B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 545th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JD-A
MACR: 4348
History of
B-17 42-97477 / Porky’s Pig
Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque 2/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 4/1/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-A] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Capt Floyd Edwards, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Langlois{Gp Ldr}, Navigator: Vern Crist, Bombardier: Bill Alles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Smith, Radio Operator: Hugh Hopper, Ball turret gunner: Armando Ordaz, Waist gunner: Chester Zink, Waist gunner: Warren Folmer,Tail gunner: Paul Fleming (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Maulbronn, 19 miles E of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4348. PORKY’S PIG.
Last updated: 13. September 2017
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