Aircraft
42-107006 Old Bird
815thlost with another unit after transfer, 17 October 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-DL (Douglas)
- Names
- Old Bird
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 16 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola'}
- Sources
- b17flyingfortress.de
Flags. lost after transfer; the Master Log cites MACR 9208 (another units report, not downloaded unless listed in macr_overrides.csv) not on the Association aircraft pages; known from the databases
History
- 24 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 18 February 1944MacDill
- 6 March 1944Morrison
- 16 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone
- 31 March 1944transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola
- Missing in Action {73m} Blechhammer 17/10/44 with Don Peart, Co-pilot: John Mumma, Navigator: Elliott Kaplan, Bombardier: Tom Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orie Lee, Radio Operator: Jim Growney{arm shot off while attempting to go over the wire}, Ball turret gunner: Marion Green, Waist gunner: Philip McWaters,Tail gunner: Andy Fereico (9 Prisoner of War)
- mid air coll with 44-6379, #1 engine out, crashed Malacky
- all nine chutes seen
- Missing Air Crew Report 9208. OLD BIRD
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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