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Source:
www.thisdayinaviation.com
Production-block:
B-17G-65-VE: 44-8401 to 44-8500
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 487th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 836th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 2G-N
MACR: 11552
History of
B-17 44-8444 / Treble Four
Delivered Dallas 14-Sep-44; Hunter 29-Sep-44; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 16-Oct-44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-N] Lavenham 20-Nov-44; battle damaged Darmstadt 24-Dec-44 with Bob Harriman, Brig Gen Fred Castle, Larry Swain, Lt Claude Rowe tg (4 Killed in Action); Capt Edmund Auer, Henry Macarty ex nav, Paul Biri, Quentin Jeffers, Lt Bruno Procopio mickey-op, Lowell Hudson (6 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft hit #4, crash landed Hods, Bel. (among Killed in Actionwas Brig Gen Fred Castle, 94BG CO who took aircraft down safely away from US troops below, and awarded posthumous Medal of Honor); Salvaged 28-Jan-45; Missing Air Crew Report 11552. TREBLE FOUR.
Last updated: 13. December 2017
B-17 44-8444 / Treble Four Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert W. Harriman | KIA | - |
| CP | BG | Frederick W. Castle | KIA | Air Leader |
| NAV | CPT | Edmund F. Auer | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Paul L. Biri | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Quentin W. Jeffers | RTD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Lawrence H. Swain | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Lowell B. Hudson | RTD | - |
| TG | 1LT | Claude L. Rowe | KIA | - |
| NAV2 | 1LT | Henry P. MacArty | RTD | - |
| RCM | 1LT | Bruno S. Procopio | RTD | Wounded in aircraft; Bailed out; Died at military hospital Liege |
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