Production-block:
B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- 710th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4175
History of
B-17 42-97597
Delivered Denver 2/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned: as PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 25/2/44; Transferred: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 26/2/44; MIA Oranienburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Capt Milton Esterline, Co-Pilot: Capt Jim Dalzell, Navigator: Elmer Canfield, nav rad-Elliot Evans, Bombardier: Forrest Burnett, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Lynes, Radio Operator: Elvin Smith, Ball Turret Gunner: John Marr, Waist Gunner: Arthur Crouse, Tail Gunner: Harold Ross (10POW); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Blutehn, 11 miles N of Wittenberge, Germany. MACR 4175.
Last updated: 26. August 2018
25. February 2024 access_time 23:21
aircraft was still assigned to the 96th Bomb Group, 413th Bomb squadron coded MZ-E at the time of its loss but operating with the 447th Bomb Group. Its detailed in the 96th Bomb Group newsletter, issue 62, April 2014, page 16. According to the article it was hit by a friendly bomb and crash landed in enemy territory. Photos do exist.