B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38298

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38298
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 493rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 863rd Bomb Squadron
RCL: G6-D
MACR: 9494
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(19 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-38298

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-D] Debach 10/8/44; Missing in Action Koblenz 19/9/44 with Capt Bill Holman, Navigator: John Stimek (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Schultz, Waist gunner: Byron Johnson (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Ransom Chamberlain, Bombardier: Ray Lee, Radio Operator: Albt Henna, Ball turret gunner: Marcel Paternoster,Tail gunner: John Moffatt (5 Prisoner of War); flak hits, seven bailed then aircraft blew up, cr Barvaux/Tohogne, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 9494.

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This page was last updated on 18 November 2018

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