Production-block:
B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 to 43-37673
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-S
MACR: 7878
History of
B-17 43-37572 / Sassy Lassie
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-S] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/44; Missing in Action Halberstadt 5/8/44 with Tony Gallagher, Co-pilot: Gordon Bowen, Navigator: Bill Edmondson, Bombardier: Ralph Ingalls, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Lucas, Radio Operator: Albert Prince, Ball turret gunner: Walt Wittendorf, Waist gunner: John Zaher,Tail gunner: Herman Hartmoor (9 Killed in Action); flak hit as bombs were released and ship disintegrated, crashed Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7878. SASSY LASSY.
Last updated: 2. October 2017
31. May 2019 access_time 0:43
Hi
My cousin Anthony j Gallagher flew sassy lassy
30. May 2023 access_time 10:44
Hello, your cousin Anthony J. Gallagher is the hero on the Wall of the Missing at Margraten American Cemetery that I bring flowers every year at Memorial Day. As long as i live he will not be forgotten.
Do you know his DoB? So i can bring him flowers at his birthday?
12. February 2024 access_time 23:08
hello
thank you for you comment. he was born on 24th June 1917