Production-block:
B-17G-90-BO 43-38474 to 43-38673
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-T
MACR: 11580 / KSU/ME/KU: 3602
Missions: 3
History of
B-17 43-38668
Delivered: Cheyenne 31/8/44; Hunter 5/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-T] Framlingham 25/9/44; MIA Cologne 10/1/45 Pilot: Horace Skinner; Ivan Scott, Bill Wylie, Jim Craig (4POW); Jim Hannaman, Stanford Kay, Chas Pasch, Mark Hertz, Ward Gillespie (5KIA); flak hit caused fire in left wing, crashed Dusseldorf, Germany. MACR 11580.
Last updated: 9. August 2021
B-17 43-38668 Details
Remarks or Eyewitness Statements:
A/C 668 received a direct hit by flak at Dusseldorf between the #1 and #2 engines. The A/C peeled out of formation and went into 30 deg dive in an attempt to extinguish the fire. A/C leveled off about 25,000 feet for a short time then the left wing came off and A/C went into an uncontrolled dive with A/C 151 reporting observing it hitting the ground in mass of flames. No Chutes were reported by any observing A/C.
Source: MACR 11580
B-17 43-38668 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Horace M. Skinner | POW | - |
| CP | 1LT | James D. Hannaman | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Stanford A. Kay | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ivan W. Scott | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | William H. Wylie | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Charles F. Pasch | KIA | - |
| BT | SGT | Mark W. Hertz | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Ward C. Gillespie | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | James L. Craig | POW | - |
09. August 2021 access_time 23:06
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I have contact with the family of Ivan Woodrow Scott the navigator and adopted the grave of his brother at margraten cemetery Holland. I executed a investigation a sour the crew an 3 crewmembers are also buried at margraten
See for more info my website.
I have contact with the family of Ivan Woodrow Scott the navigator and adopted the grave of his brother at margraten cemetery Holland. I executed a investigation a sour the crew an 3 crewmembers are also buried at margraten
See for more info my website.
I have contact with the family of Ivan Woodrow Scott the navigator and adopted the grave of his brother at margraten cemetery Holland. I executed a investigation a sour the crew an 3 crewmembers are also buried at margraten
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