B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97520 / Peg-O-My-Heart

History of
B-17 42-97520 / Peg-O-My-Heart

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Gr Island 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Assigned: 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Co-Pilot: Jerome Bowers (KIA), p-Paul Breeding{wia} 20/2/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Sanderson Sloane, cp-Hartley Seymour, Navigator: Jim Leary, Bombardier: Don Makins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Courtney, Radio Operator: Ed Harke, Ball Turret Gunner: Rich Spens, Waist Gunner: Francis Chard, Tail Gunner: Cletis Campbell (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Bob Kritzer (POW); flak, crashed woods near Schlebusch, Lippmanstraase, Germany. MACR 2881.

Last updated: 25. May 2018