Production-block:
B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 486th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 834th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 2S-K
Fate:
Missions: 22
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History of
B-17 43-37959 / Flak Plow
Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned: 834BS/486BG [2S-K] Sudbury 8/7/44; {22m} battle damage Koblenz 19/9/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Belgium; Salvaged. 14/11/44.
Last updated: 25. July 2021
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B-17 43-37959 / Flak Plow Details
First loss of the 834th Squadron. Pilot was Lt. James A. Shaw, according to the 486th Bomb Group mission list. Status of crew unknown. Force landed near Kwatrecht, Belgium (Info by Peter).
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B-17 43-37959 / Flak Plow Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | James A. Shaw | UNK | - |
22. March 2024 access_time 19:56
The whole crew survived. Pilot Shaw put them down in a potato field. The townspeople of Wettern, Belgium hid them from the Nazis in the basement of the town hall. From Tailgunner Leo O’Briens granddaughter. He rememebered running across the field as the Nazis arrived to search the wreckage.
12. June 2024 access_time 6:53
Wetteren was already being liberated on september 5 1944, the people they saw where civilians, probably the saw them as german soldiers.