B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97663

History of
B-17 42-97663

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 22/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 4/3/44; 369BS/306BG [WW-V] Thurleigh 12/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 26/3/44 with Barney Price, Co-pilot: Bill DeWolf, Navigator: Don White, Bombardier: Doran Gillete, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Kalbach, Radio Operator: Ray Decker, Ball turret gunner: Leslie Johnson, Waist gunner: Lester Plumtree, Waist gunner: Ken Simpson,Tail gunner: Fred Kappan (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #2 plus other damage, crashed Godincthun, two miles NE of Boulogne, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3483.

Last updated: 28. February 2019