Production-block:
B-17G-75-VE: 44-8601 to 44-8700
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 44-8683
Delivered Lincoln 23/11/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 24/12/44; transferred 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/12/44. While on navigation exercise with Harry Cole crash landed two miles NW Kettlewell, Gt Whernside, Yorks, UK 17/5/45; Salvaged 19/5/45. JUST JOYCE.
Last updated: 27. November 2018
B-17 44-8683 Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Harry J. Cole | KIC | - |
CP | 2LT | Vance Lamar Ferguson | KIC | - |
NAV | 2LT | James M. Young | KIC | - |
ENG/TT | SGT | Hoyt E. Dixon | KIC | - |
RO | S/SGT | Dario Battista | KIC | - |
02. December 2019 access_time 2:26
I’m trying to find out what plane my grandfather Henry J Pyzik
was on. 388/561.
Thanks
Roger Pyzik Jr
05. October 2023 access_time 20:20
Thank you for this site. This has provided me information on Vance Ferguson, my Great Uncle who was Co-Pilot of 44-8683. He was buried in Gravel Ridge Cemetery, Gravelridge, Bradley County Arkansas.