B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38413

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38413
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 561st Bomb Squadron
MACR 10311
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(05 November 1944)
Missions: 24
Werbung/Advertisement

History of
B-17 43-38413

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/9/44; MIA Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 Pilot: Fred McRee, Bill Hershey, Tom Mangan, Doug McKee, Dick Giesler, Leo Hommerson, John Mayo {tg} (7KIA); Theo Elkren, Walt Gilsinger, Bill Milner {photos} (3POW); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 10311.

Werbung/Advertisement

B-17 43-38413 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Frederick Bernard McRee KIA
CP 2LT William Robert Hershey KIA
BOMB 1LT Douglas Parker McKee KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Theodore Arnold Eikren POW
RO S/SGT Richard Frank Geisler KIA
BT S/SGT Walter Gilsinger POW
WG S/SGT Leo Albert Hommerson KIA
TG S/SGT John Lloyd Mayo KIA

This page was last updated on 19 January 2019

Write comment