B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8717 / Miss Sweetness

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8717 / Miss Sweetness
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-80-VE: 44-8701 to 44-8800
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 351st Bomb Squadron
RCL EP-J
MACR 13142
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(18 March 1945)
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History of
B-17 44-8717 / Miss Sweetness

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 23/12/44; Grenier 10/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-T] (PFF) Thorpe Abbotts 12/1/45; later 351BS [EP-J]; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Capt Roger Swain, Paul De Weerdt(lead pilot), Jim Carden, Bernie Kozik, Bob Hansen, Pete Fischer, Howard Whittaker, Lt Bill Thompson {tg} (8 Prisoner of War); Morris Kolling (Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Kremmen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13142. MISS SWEETNESS.

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B-17 44-8717 / Miss Sweetness Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P CPT Roger L. Swain UNK Lead pilot
CP 1LT Bill E. Thompson UNK
BOMB 2LT Bernard F. Kozik UNK
ENG/TT T/SGT Morris O. Kolling UNK
RO T/SGT Robert A. Hausam UNK
WG S/SGT Pete J. Fischer UNK
WG --- Howard Whittaker UNK
RCM F/O Sumner H. Woodrow UNK Navigator-RAD
--- 1LT Paul E. DeWeerdt UNK Pilot

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