B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8015 / Johnny Reb

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General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-45-VE: 44-8001 to 44-8100
Delievered: Dallas
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 730th Bomb Squadron
MACR 12657
KSU/ME/KU: KU 3725
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(22 February 1945)
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History of
B-17 44-8015 / Johnny Reb

Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/7/44; battle damaged Ansbach 22/2/45 with Bill Emmett, Co-pilot: Bill Hoffman, Navigator: Clinton Ewen, tog-Sgt Warren Holt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Mason, Radio Operator: George Benedict,Tail gunner: Dean Clementson (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Jim Moss, Waist gunner: Francis Adkins, radar op-Bill Lorig (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit and exploded in mid-air, crashed Oberpfaffenhofen, Ger. Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 12657. JOHNNY REB.

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B-17 44-8015 / Johnny Reb Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT William T. Emmett II KIA
CP 2LT William F. Hoffman KIA
ENG/TT SGT Sidney Mason KIA
RO SGT George J. Benedict KIA
BT SGT James E. Moss POW
WG SGT Francis G. Adkins POW
TG SGT Deane P. Clementson KIA
TOG SGT Warren L. Holt KIA
RCM S/SGT William M. Lorig POW

This page was last updated on 31 January 2026

josef david robert brown
19. January 2022 access_time 2:23

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