Aircraft
42-31998 Baraz Twins
815thlost with another unit after transfer, 2 July 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- Baraz Twins
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 28 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 347BS/97BG Amendola'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 13 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 1 February 1944Omaha
- 4 February 1944Scott
- 8 March 1944Morrison
- 28 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 347BS/97BG Amendola
- Missing in Action {35m} Vinkovci, Yugo 2/7/44 with Clyde Pate, Howd, Sanders, Gardner, Waller, Betschart, Ester, Washburn, Priest, Dubiel
- mech fault, two superchargers out & crashed Sarajevo
- Missing Air Crew Report 6444. BARAZ TWINS
Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.
Reports filed by other units
- MACR 6444 · 99th BG 347th BS, 2 Jul 1944; 42-31998 · National Archives
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-31998 B-17 G 35 BO 'Baraz Twins' · view at 15thaf.org
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