B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6761

History of
B-17 44-6761

Delivered Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 7/12/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/3/45 with Joe Swan, Bombardier: Edmund Smith (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Leon Chase, Navigator: Horace Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Swaldi, Radio Operator: Vince Florio, Ball turret gunner: Gus Russo, Waist gunner: John Kitchens, Waist gunner: Calvin Blackwelder,Tail gunner: Bill McFarland (8 Prisoner of War), jet enemy aircraft, crashed Meissen; Missing Air Crew Report 13274.

Last updated: 29. March 2019