B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97516

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97516
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535
Delievered: Denver
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 97th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 341st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 7126
German Document: ME-1700
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(25 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97516

Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Morrison 4/1/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 21/12/43; Missing in Action Linz 25/7/44 with 1Lt Allan Webster, 2Lt Wells B Grogan, 2Lt Henry A Johnson, 2Lt Stanley A Odlum, T/Sgt Donald A Lower, T/Sgt Walter D Sayle, S/Sgt James L Pauley, S/Sgt James C York, S/Sgt Edward J Ostrowski, S/Sgt George A Wilson; flak, crashed Wolfsberg, 50km south-west of Graz, Austria; 10 x POW MACR 7126.

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B-17 42-97516 Crew

Position Rank Name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) Status Note
P 1LT Allen Webster POW
CP 2LT Wells B. Grogan POW
BOMB 2LT Stanley A. Odlum POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Walter D. Sayle POW
RO T/SGT Donald A. Lower POW
BT S/SGT James L. Pauley POW
WG S/SGT James C. York POW
WG S/SGT Edward J. Ostrowski POW
TG S/SGT George A. Wilson POW

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