| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 413th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 4164 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (24 April 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97620
Delivered Denver 9/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 4/3/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 7/3/44; MIA Friedrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Capt Joe Meacham, Co-Pilot: Henry Gibson, Navigator: Capt Dan Crist (338BS), Ex-nav-Ken McVitie, Bombardier: Walter White, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Chapman, Radio Operator: George Blackburn, Mick/Op-Lt Dick Murdock, Waist Gunner: George Marling, Tail Gunner: Bill Watson, Col Francis Tiller {command pilot} (11POW); flak hit on return, crew baled, ship crashed Reichsthal, near Felsbergerdof, 11 N of Kaiserlautern, Germany. MACR 4164.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 13 February 2019
26. February 2026 access_time 22:47
My father, Dick Murdoch, was a navigator on this B-17 though listed as a Waist Gunner. Most of this crew flew as a unit earlier on B-17s out of Snetterton named “Kats Sass II” followed by “Temptation”, 42-30188, both of which crashed due to mechanical problems before leaving England. This B-17, 42-97620, brought down by enemy fire near Felsbergerof, Germany on April 24, 1944 was named “Goering’s Nightmare” according to newspapers back home announcing the crew’s capture. The crew ended up as POWs in Luft Stalag III until liberated on April 29, 1945 from a POW camp to which they were transferred by foot and rail near Nuremberg in January, 1945. I would be interested in hearing from any descendants of the crew and receiving any guidance in securing after action reports related to missions of Kats Sass II, Temptation and Goering’s Nightmare.