Aircraft
42-97919
840thlost or wrecked with the 483rd, no report located, 17 October 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-VE (Lockheed/Vega)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 10 July 1944
- Loss
- Association record · mission 110, 17 October 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Loss and incident records
- Association record · 17 October 1944 · mission 110, 17 October 1944
Incidents
- 17 October 1944 · mission 110, 17 October 1944 · no Missing Air Crew Report located in the catalog for this aircraft; loss or incident known only from the Association aircraft page (sheets: Bleachhammer, Germany)
History
- 4 April 1944Delivered Tulsa
- 26 June 1944Hunter
- 9 July 1944Dow Fd
- 10 July 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone
- crashed on take off for Blechhammer 17/10/44 with Devereaux Bush, Hull, Bunnelo, Tomczyk, Ebinger, Ream, Breiner, Boyes, Wallis, Delory
- (6wia), aircraft Salvaged
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 42-97919 B-17 G 35 VE · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-97919 B-17 G 35 VE · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-97919 B-17 G 35 VE · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-97919 B-17 G 35 VE · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-97919, mission 110 Bleachhammer, Germany · 17 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- UPL 36960 B17 42-97919 483rd BOMB GROUP CRASH LANDING · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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