| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-F |
| MACR | 9406 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 September 1944) |
History of
B-17 43-37930
Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 3/7/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-F] Molesworth 4/7/44; detailed Munich 19/7/44 with Norment Foley,Tail gunner: Carl Seitz (Killed in Action), rest RTD; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Vic Howard, Co-pilot: Aloysius Sapak, Navigator: Bob Ellis, Bombardier: Jack Timmins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Claud McGraw, Ball turret gunner: Joe Sofianek, Waist gunner: George Stewart,Tail gunner: Tom Baker (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Sheppard Kerman (KIA-actually landed on roof of house where German & Nazi party men were based, a captain gave orders for Kerman to be shot on the spot, the German later hung for war crimes); enemy aircraft and flak damage, crashed Ohrum/Dorstadt, near Wolfenbuttel, S of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9406.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 31 August 2017
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