B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37886 / Pennsy-Belle

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37886 / Pennsy-Belle
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 490th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 848th Bomb Squadron
MACR 10759
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(25 November 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-37886 / Pennsy-Belle

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Pilot: Joe Vacek forced landing Cheyenne Fd, 21/6/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned: 848BS/490BG Eye 24/8/44; MIA Merseburg 25/11/44 w/Frank Delmerico, Germany. ld Lay, John Fitzgerald, Everett Gille, Herman Savely, Bill Henthorn, Omar Scheidt, George Lee, Clifton Callahan (9POW); Bob Newsome (KIA); flak, crashed Apolda, Ger. MACR 10759. PENNSY-BELLE.

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B-17 43-37886 / Pennsy-Belle Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Frank Delmerico Jr. POW
CP 2LT Gerald W. Lay POW
BOMB 2LT Everett S. Gille POW
ENG/TT SGT Omar R. Scheidt POW
RO SGT William D. Henthorn POW
BT SGT Clinton F. Callahan POW
WG SGT George W. Lee POW
WG SGT Herman I. Savely POW
TG SGT Robert S. Newsome KIA

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