Production-block:
B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 to 43-38873
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 338th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 43-38746
Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Dow Fd 30/9/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-G] Snetterton 13/10/44; during assembly for Kassel 29/1/45 Pilot: Alex Phillipovitch, Co-Pilot: John Hubbard, Navigator: Statten Gooden, Bombardier: Martin Schmidt, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Tibbots, Radio Operator: Dick Zander, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Smith, Waist Gunner: Jim Flora, Tail Gunner: Bill Brauner-still in tailplane (9KIA); involved in mid air coll w/44-6137 (96BG); crashed four miles S of base at North Lopham, Sfk. UK; Salvaged.
Last updated: 22. February 2019
B-17 43-38746 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-6137 on 29 January 1945.
06. December 2024 access_time 20:48
I am looking for my father’s plane. My father Conrad J Kraus and the tail gunner were the only survivors of a mid air crash returning home from a mission in Feb.’45. They landed in Belgium. 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron.