B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8163

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8163
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-VE: 44-8101 to 44-8200
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 463rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 772nd Bomb Squadron
MACR 12109
Fate: , Lost by friendly-fire
(13 February 1945)
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History of
B-17 44-8163

Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 8/8/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 15/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/2/45 with Phil Whitman, Co-pilot: Leon Drake, Navigator: Ferdinand Theil, Bombardier: Bob Stricker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Driver, Radio Operator: Jim Sanders, Ball turret gunner: Jim McPadden, Waist gunner: Chas McDonald,Tail gunner: Bob Anderson (9POW?); Waist gunner: Lester Smith (Killed in Action); hit by bombs, crashed Schuetzen; Missing Air Crew Report 12109.

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