Production-block:
B-17G-50-VE: 44-8101 to 44-8200
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TS-O
History of
B-17 44-8177
Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 23/7/44; Dow Fd 27/8/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-O] Rougham 30/8/44; mid air coll Pilot: 42-97985 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44 w/Neil Pratt, Co-Pilot: HQ officer ‘; Ex-nav-Bill Brallier, Navigator: Francis McClellan, Bombardier: Bob Smith, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Miller, Radio Operator: Paul Kane, Ball Turret Gunner: Junior McCarty, Waist Gunner: Ervine Patterson, Tail Gunner: Lt Norman Hochberg (10KIA); crash-landed near base but repaired. Returned to US: Morrison 20/10/45; Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.
Last updated: 13. February 2019
B-17 44-8177 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-97985 on 30 November 1944.
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