| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 418th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | LD-W |
| MACR: | 3033 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (06 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-97482 / Terry and the Pirates
Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 2/1/44; Westover 10/1/44; Presque Is 14/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-W] Thorpe Abbotts 16/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Terry, Co-pilot: Bill Peterson, Bombardier: Ralph Cotter, Radio Operator: Dick Howell, Waist gunner: Chas Anthony, Waist gunner: John Horn,Tail gunner: Carl Hampton (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Schremser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Aitken, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bain (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d off tailplane which tookTail gunner: Hampton with it, ship crashed Brookstreek, near Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3033. TERRY AND THE PIRATES.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 24 January 2018
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