
Production-block:
B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 490th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 850th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 43-38058
Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 850BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; battle damage Parchim 7/4/45 Pilot: Cagle; mid air coll w/Me109 (by Sonderkommando Elbe rammer); ret allied territory safely despite two engines out; RetUS, Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.
Last updated: 31. August 2018
25. November 2022 access_time 21:43
This was father’s plane. I have a piece of both the B 17 and the ME109 that collided with his plane. I have been trying to obtain his crew members names. I know his tail gunner was William Sadler.