| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 to 43-38273 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 490th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 849th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 14194 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (19 April 1945) |
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History of
B-17 43-38078
Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 22/7/44; 850BS; MIA Pirna 19/4/45 Pilot: Bob Norvell, Wendall Snyder, Newton Parker (3POW); Lorenzo Smith, Gordon Lake, Leo Borden, Pete Malires, Carl Johnson, Bob Johnson (6KIA); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Schonau, Germany. MACR 14194.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 06 October 2020
06. October 2020 access_time 20:03
Wendall Snyder , my grandfather . Please correct . Thank you
06. October 2020 access_time 20:26
Hello Shannon,
thank you!
I have corrected your grandfather’s name.
Cheers
Jing
13. March 2023 access_time 16:23
Can anyone tell me where the information came from that 43-38078 crashed at Schonau? My uncle was Newton Parker, who bailed out over Klococov, Czechoslovakia. When I talked to Robert Norvell in 2004, pilot of S-078, he told me he put the plane, which was flying west, in hard right rudder and then he and Wendall Snyder bailed out directly over Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Schonau is 250 miles west of Plzen. Supposedly S-078 crashed just north of Plzen – unless it flew 250 miles west unmanned.
05. February 2026 access_time 21:02
the B-17 43-38078 (849. BS) impact in 19. April 1945 in a field close to the Račetice village (in vicinity of Chomutov city – the Czech Republic), it is about 70 km North of Plzeň city, see also:
http://www.leteckabadatelna.cz/havarie-a-sestrely/detail/763/
05. February 2026 access_time 21:29
see also:
https://www.urocnice.eu/clanky/cviciste-vojsk-ss/zavrazdeni-americkych-letcu-na-konopisti.html
https://www.vets.cz/vpm/mista/obec/1842-konopiste/
https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/historie-konopiste-si-pripomnelo-devet-americkych-letcu-ktere-pred-osmdesati-lety-popravili-naciste-40517676
7 members of B-17 (43-38078) landed in an area near the Vrchotovy Janovice village (12 km to the east of Sedlčany town)
07. October 2020 access_time 17:18
Thank you ! I have the crew photos if you would be interested.
01. June 2021 access_time 5:11
Shannon, my uncle was 1st Lt. Lorenzo G. SmithJr. I’d love a photo of the crew if you have one. I have a photo of the monument erected in the Czech Republic honoring the crew, if you’d like it.
21. March 2025 access_time 15:52
Jim,
Please reach out to me via email. We can exchange information. And I can send photos directly . hobart4lifer@yahoo.com