| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-60-DL: 44-6626 to 44-6750 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 429th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 12099 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (21 February 1945) |
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History of
B-17 44-6689
Delivered Lincoln 15/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 8/11/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with Eugene Bull, Co-pilot: Harry Frazer, Navigator: John Specker{Wounded in Action}, (3 evaded capture); Bombardier: Bob Krejza, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lewis Fifield, Radio Operator: Jesse Killian, Ball turret gunner: Bill Martin, Waist gunner: Clyde Freestone{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: John Gilleece{Wounded in Action} (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ted Bunnell (KIA – actually died in German hospital); flak ko’d #4, crashed near Gyor, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 12099.
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This page was last updated on 05 August 2017
25. March 2025 access_time 16:33
After hit by AAA, intercepted by hungarian alert fighters and shot down by Lt. Szeverényi Kálmán in Me-109G-6 of 101/7.vadászszázad (FS) SW of Soponya, Hungary. Those who “evaded” landed in soviet controlled territory, rest POW.