Aircraft
42-102856
816thlost or wrecked with the 483rd, no report located, 26 December 1944
- Type
- B-17G-60-BO (Boeing)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 16 May 1944
- Loss
- Association record · mission 142, 26 December 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Loss and incident records
- Association record · 26 December 1944 · mission 142, 26 December 1944
Incidents
- 26 December 1944 · mission 142, 26 December 1944 · no Missing Air Crew Report located in the catalog for this aircraft; loss or incident known only from the Association aircraft page (sheets: Odertal, Germany)
History
- 10 April 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 27 April 1944Hunter
- 12 May 1944Dow Fd
- 16 May 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone
- Missing in Action Odertal 26/12/44 with Ralph Brown (KIA when ditching)
- Nolan, Katritses, Dochelli, Gardner, Cochran, Frisk, Crampton, Bantwell (8 Returned to Duty)
- crew rescued
Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-102856 B-17 G 60 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-102856, mission 142 Odertal, Germany · 26 December 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-102856, mission 142 Odertal, Germany · 26 December 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
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