Aircraft

44-6184

815thlost or wrecked with the 483rd, no report located, 15 August 1944

Type: B-17G-45-DL (Douglas)
Assigned to the 483rd: 3 July 1944
Sources: b17flyingfortress.de

Flags. loss or accident during 483rd service known from the Master Log (no report cited); no Association sheet not on the Association aircraft pages; known from the databases

History

26 May 1944Delivered Tulsa
20 June 1944Hunter
28 June 1944Grenier
3 July 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone
crashed on take off for St Tropez 15/8/44 with Isham Teasley, Netherton, Kramer, Edmonds, Joyner, Faletti, Mitchiner, Sivley, DeCrescente (9 Killed in Action). No MACR

Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.

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