Aircraft
44-6390
816thlost or wrecked with the 483rd, no report located, 12 October 1944
- Type
- B-17G-50-DL (Douglas)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 15 August 1944
- Loss
- Association record · mission 105, 12 October 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Loss and incident records
- Association record · 12 October 1944 · mission 105, 12 October 1944
Incidents
- 12 October 1944 · mission 105, 12 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: Bologna, Italy)
History
- 21 July 1944Delivered Kearney
- 8 August 1944Grenier
- 15 August 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone
- ret Bologna 12/10/44 with George Howe, Heflin, Rogers, Ruby, Chilvers, Mullins, Jobes (8 Returned to Duty)
- Vannoy, Lovgren (2 Killed in Action)
- eight bailed over friendly territory and returned next day
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 44-6390 B-17 G 50 DL · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 44-6390 B-17 G 50 DL · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 44-6390, mission 105 Bologna, Italy · 12 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 44-6390, mission 105 Bologna, Italy · 12 October 1944 · view at 15thaf.org
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