| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 337th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | AW-K |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault (21 November 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97981 / All American Girl
Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-K] Snetterton 19/6/44; MIA Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: Jack Core, (+6RTD bailed out); Waist Gunner: Joe Bradshaw, Tail Gunner: Lowell Warmick (2KIA); engine failure on return, crash-landed Uden, Hol; Salvaged. 1/3/45. ALL AMERICAN GIRL.
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17. May 2026 access_time 0:14
My uncle was MIA along with the rest of the crew on “All American Girl” 42-37936 over Gladbach on January 10, 1945. They flew out of Thorps Abbey 351st Bomb Squadron. MACR #11744. The plane listed here as the “All American Girl” is 42-97981 out of Snetterton lost November 21, 1944, salvaged January 3, 1945. The family story about the plane included that it had made a forced landing due to an engine out about a month earlier, but that the landing was in France and later recovered.
Were there two “All American Girl”s? This plane was renowned for having flown 98 missions. Is one plane misidentified or did one take the name for the other?
Please help with any information you can find.
Dewey Warner
Kopperl, Texas
17. May 2026 access_time 9:40
Hello Dewey,
your uncle’s “All American Girl” is this one in my database:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-37936-the-all-american-girl-aka-berlin-boys-aka-hang-the-expense-iii-aka-our-mark/
“All American Girl” was at least name of three different B-17s.
Cheers
Jing