B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38423

History of
B-17 43-38423

Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Kearney 12/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 27/8/44; transferred 391BS/34BG [3L-N] Mendlesham 28/8/44; on mission 27/9/44 with ? . (8 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dotson (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Clarry Sproul, Navigator: Rex Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Guilford Spence, Ball turret gunner: Joe Krystof, Waist gunner: Alan Seimsen,Tail gunner: Fred LeMaster (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Austin Fryer, Bombardier: Bill Flanigan, Radio Operator: Leroy Cole (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Tossener Dike, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11372.

Last updated: 1. March 2018