Aircraft
42-106988
816thlost with another unit after transfer, 10 May 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-DL (Douglas)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 9 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- b17flyingfortress.de
Flags. not on the Association aircraft pages; known from the databases
History
- 18 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 24 January 1944MacDill
- 6 February 1944Morrison
- 9 March 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone
- 31 March 1944transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella
- Missing in Action {11m} Wiener Neustedt 10/5/44 with Bill Waltermire, Co-pilot: Morris Kirdich, Navigator: Irving Baum, Bombardier: Alfred Marshall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Forrest, Radio Operator: Frank Juergens, Waist gunner: Francis Koltz,Tail gunner: John Humphries, (8 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Furman King, Waist gunner: Boleslaw Klocek (2 Killed in Action)
- enemy aircraft, #4 knocked out, then two more enemy aircraft, crashed Allhau
- 9-10 chutes seen
- Missing Air Crew Report 4729
Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.
Reports filed by other units
- MACR 4729 · 99th BG 347th BS, 10 May 1944 Wiener Neustadt; 42-106988 had been 816th/483rd until 31 Mar 1944 · National Archives
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