B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38264

History of
B-17 43-38264

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6- ] Debach 4/8/44; detailed Magdeburg 12/9/44, mission 55, with the George M Durgin crew; landed in Belgium to get Donald W Gray, Haywood (Frank) Deese & Ray H Higginbotham to hospital ASAP but Don Gray died later that day; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with John Kolberg, Bruce Johnson, Martin Rosenberg, Vince Churm, Bob Klindworth (5 Killed in Action); Joe Loughran, Bob Kurio, Bill Vayo, Art Fisher (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ludwigshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10327.

Last updated: 11. February 2018