Aircraft
43-38474
815thsalvaged or written off, 7 October 1944
- Type
- B-17G-90-BO (Boeing)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 9 September 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Loss and incident records
- Association record · 7 October 1944 · mission 101, 7 October 1944
Incidents
- 7 October 1944 · mission 101, 7 October 1944 · no Missing Air Crew Report located in the catalog for this aircraft; salvaged after return known only from the Association aircraft page (sheets: Vienna, Austria)
History
- 7 August 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 18 August 1944Lincoln
- 6 September 1944Grenier
- 9 September 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone
- (radio compt gun fitted)
- 10 October 1944Salvaged
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 43-38474 B-17 G 90 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 43-38474 B-17 G 90 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 43-38474, mission 101 Vienna, Austria · 7 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
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