Production-block:
B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 457th Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 751st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4941
History of
B-17 42-97481 / Liberty Run aka Pocahontas
Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Assigned 92BG Podington 20/1/44 POCAHONTAS; 751BS/457BG [Q] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Phil Birong, Co-pilot: Bob Patty, Navigator: Frank Partinjak, Bombardier: Paul Owens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Max Hull, Ball turret gunner: Pasquale Sacco, Waist gunner: Luis Franco, Waist gunner: Albt Kissinger,Tail gunner: Bill Farrar (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Norman Musial (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Koenighorst, 19 miles NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4941. LIBERTY RUN.
Last updated: 16. March 2018
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