Production-block:
B-17G-55-VE: 44-8201 to 44-8300
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 44-8264
Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Cheyenne 10/8/44; Grenier 17/8/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG Chelveston 27/8/44; force landed base with electrical fire 31/12/44 with Carl Baker; Missing in Action Kassel 1/1/45 with Bill Osborne, Sam Jones, Forest Tucker, Ellis Price, Joe Grazaitis, Clyde Neidigh, Jim Fitzgerald (7 Prisoner of War); Frank Chaney, Ambrosio Avila, Bob Prehn (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Boedexen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11355.
Last updated: 8. April 2019
01. March 2023 access_time 19:52
My dad, Jim Fitzgerald, was a waist gunner on this crew. He was captured by the Germans and taken to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Bavaria. He was liberated on April 1, 1945.
07. February 2024 access_time 12:25
My uncle, Joseph Grazaitis, was on this ship. Top turret.