Aircraft
42-107016
816thlost with another unit after transfer, 24 July 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-DL (Douglas)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 10 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Flags. the two republications of the Master Log line differ; AAM text kept, b17flyingfortress.de text in log_variant
History
- 26 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 2 February 1944MacDill
- 7 March 1944Morrison
- 10 March 1944slated 385BG, Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone
- 31 March 1944transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella
- Missing in Action {41m} Turin tank factory 24/7/44 with Harry Ernst, Kelly, Stoehr, Miller (4 evaded capture – ret 10/44)
- Blankenheim, Hill, Henry, Massey, Pulling, Sheridan (6POW?)
- flak, crashed Saluzzo
- Missing Air Crew Report 7032
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 7031 · 5-page fragment for 42-107016, same aircraft as MACR 7032 (99th BG 348th BS, 24 Jul 1944 Turin) · National Archives
- MACR 7032 · 99th BG 348th BS, 24 Jul 1944 Turin; 42-107016 · National Archives
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-107016 B-17 G 35 DL · view at 15thaf.org
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