Source:
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron, 413th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | MZ-F, LN-F |
| MACR | 7880 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 July 1944) |
| Missions: | 7 |
History of
B-17 42-97555 / Island F for Fox aka Dan Boone
Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 28/1/44; Assigned PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ-F] Snetterton 29/1/44; transferred 95BG Horham 30/1/44 as (H2X); 7m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-F] Thorpe Abbotts 31/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Jim Noble, Co-pilot: Bob Lipps, Navigator: Bob Barry, Xn-Edmund Kauffman, Bombardier: Marcus Hertz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Cruz, Radio Operator: Russ Ellis,Tail gunner: Fred Swartz, Capt Floyd Mason {mission pilot} (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill McNalley, Waist gunner: Art Roberts (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Offdilln, N of Dillenberg,, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7880. ISLAND F FOR FOX.
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