B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8185 / Mean Kid

History of
B-17 44-8185 / Mean Kid

Delivered Dallas 5/7/44; Langley 31/7/44; Dow Fd 21/8/44; Assigned PFF 4BS/34BG [Q6-P] Mendlesham 30/8/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/9/44 with Capt Jim Blackburn, Co-pilot: Elmer Lian, ng-Sgt John Denter, Bombardier: Bob Pearce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Huebler, Radio Operator: John Oyster, m/op-Lt Walt Davis{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: John Wolf, radn-Lt Bob Stellmach{391BS}, mission pilot-Maj Howard Burton (10 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Curtis Orr (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak hit KO’d #2, , crashed Stromberg, N of Bad Kreuznach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9367. MEAN KID.

Last updated: 23. March 2018