| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-45-DL: 44-6126 to 44-6250 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 429th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 12461 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (21 February 1945) |
History of
B-17 44-6198 / Dollar 98
Delivered Tulsa 28/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1/1/44 with Tom Rybovich, Co-pilot: Pat Farwell, Navigator: Don Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Staup, Radio Operator: Don Parkins, Ball turret gunner: Harry Gross, Waist gunner: Bill May,Tail gunner: Rich Blackry (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Harry Ayers (MIA, but later found to have bailed out OK and returned to base from Yugoslavia; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with Bob Trowbridge, Co-pilot: Bill Struby, Bombardier: Arthur Hauft, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dozier Linder, Radio Operator: Ira Cox, Ball turret gunner: Don Moon, Waist gunner: Ed Fry, Waist gunner: Leigh Fuller,Tail gunner: Rich Schade (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Allen Swain (Killed in Action); flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 12461. DOLLAR 98.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 05 August 2017
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