| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 to 43-38873 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group, 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 410th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GL-F |
| Fate: |
, Crashlanding, Battle damaged (10 November 1944) |
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History of
B-17 43-38824
Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 11/10/44; battle damaged Weisbaden 9/11/44 with Prigmore; force landed continent; Salvaged 10/11/44; ret UK re-ass 303BG Molesworth; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA 4/6/45.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 43-38824 Details
Crash landed near Elene, Belgium. Info by Peter. The B-17 was salvaged after the emergency landing. That this B-17 returned to the USA is very unlikely.
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B-17 43-38824 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | Edgar R. Prigmore | RTD | - |
This page was last updated on 25 July 2021
25. November 2024 access_time 20:01
My father, 1st Lt Arthur H. Lewis was the bombardier on this plane the day it crashlanded in Belgium. They were on mission 709 to Wiesbaden when they got hit by flack over the target and lost two engines. Limping home and losing altitude, Prigmore, the pilot ordered everyone to bail out while he safely crashlanded the plane along with John Malahy, the copilot. Everyone walked away from the incident, although both my dad and Malahy were wounded and ended up in a Brussels hospital for a while before returning to their base and Prigmore’s crew. I have visited the very site where this plane landed in a farmer’s field.