B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6277

History of
B-17 44-6277

Delivered Kearney 19/6/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-P] Debach 4/8/44; Missing in Action Bohlen 12/9/44 with John Oates, Tail gunner: Lee Garrigues (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Mosher, Navigator: Bob Wideman, Bombardier: Bill Follis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Lamon, Radio Operator: John Jones, Ball turret gunner: Hector Tirado, Waist gunner: Julian Duggan (7 Prisoner of War); Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Semmenstedt, S of Brunswick, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8862.

Last updated: 16. May 2017