{"id":6973,"date":"2018-03-20T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=6973"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:29:31","slug":"42-97174-joanne","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-97174-joanne\/","title":{"rendered":"42-97174 \/ Joanne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>24 May 1944:&nbsp;was hit by debris from two colliding B-17s of the 381stBG which burned off surface fabric of rudders and elevator. But returned to base. Tail gunner: Sgt. Jack N. Ross bailed out when he thought aircraft was doomed and became POW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-1536x1218.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-97174-2048x1623.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">21 June 1944<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was flying as Navigator in aircraft B-17G 43-37657 leading the second element of the low squadron. We had passed the target when I looked up and saw the whole right wing on fire. At that time the ship went into a dive but seemed to be under control. After losing about 5000 feet it leveled off and five (5) men bailed out. The ship then made a 180\u00b0 turn and lost altitude until it passed under the clouds, at which time two (2) more men bailed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>F\/O James H. Chandler<br>Navigator, 534th Bomb Sq., 381st Bomb Gp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I was riding as Navigator in aircraft B-17G 42-102656 im the number 4 position in the hight Squadron. The leading aircraft, B-17G 42-97174, had the trailing edge of the right wing on fire. He immediately pulled ahead of the formation and made a 180\u00b0 turn and the crew started to bail out. I counted (8) eight men leaving the ship and the Ball Turret gunner reported the ninth man to jump. The last I saw of the ship it was in a dive, this happened five minutes past the target and was the result of flak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>2Lt. Milan C. Snodgrass<br>Navigator, 534th Bomb Sq., 381st Bomb Gp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 5993<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 3\/2\/44; Nashville 19\/2\/44; Hunter 23\/2\/44; Grenier 17\/3\/44; Assigned 534BS\/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 7\/4\/44; on Berlin mission 24\/5\/44 with John Williams was hit by debris from two colliding B-17s which burned off surface fabric of rudders and elevator,Tail gunner: Jack Ross (POW- bailed out when he thought aircraft was doomed). Missing in Action 12+m Berlin 21\/6\/44 with Roy Pendergist, Co-pilot: Joe Lawless, Navigator: Bob Harvey, Bombardier: Eloy Heniff, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Malcolm Muir, Radio Operator: Herb Salzseider, Ball turret gunner: Joe Wilson (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Harry Lehman,Tail gunner: Byron King (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Wagnitzer Zootzen forest, 11 miles N of Nauen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5993. 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