B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8255

History of
B-17 44-8255

Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Dow Fd 5/9/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG Glatton 3/10/44; Missing in Action Soest, Ger 28/2/45 with Roy Kirk, Radio Operator: Ed Grover,Tail gunner: Willard Krueger (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Bill Gibbons, Navigator: Arvo Kajander, Bombardier: Valentine Stype, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rocco Montago, Ball turret gunner: Chas Coleman, Lt Vic Smith {radar nav} (6 Returned to Duty); mech fault, ditched Channel 10 miles off North Foreland, Kent, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 12802. (?1)

Last updated: 16. July 2017

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