B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6138

Source:
M. Schmellenkamp

General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-45-DL: 44-6126 to 44-6250
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 331st Bomb Squadron
RCL QE-P
MACR 9510
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(05 October 1944)
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History of
B-17 44-6138

Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-P] Rougham 1/6/44; MIA Munster 5/10/44 Pilot: Bob Messersmith, Jack Wise, Ken Nefzger, Joe Helfrich, Lou Knouthe, Foster Gilgis, John Ritenour, Wilbur Seibold, Paul Jaworski (9POW); flak, crashed Kersmecke (1,6km north of Plettenberg), Germany; MACR 9510.

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B-17 44-6138 Details

It seems, that the crash site of #44-6138 is not Channel, but from current information the town Kersmecke. Germany.

See here:
http://www.alt-plettenberg.de/ns-zeit-und-2-weltkrieg/1933-1945-in-plettenberg

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