Aircraft

42-32017 Sweet 17

815thlost with the 483rd, 14 March 1945

Type: B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
Names: Sweet 17
Assigned to the 483rd: 28 March 1944
Loss: MACR 12822 · mission 180, 14 March 1945
Sources: Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de

Flags. the two republications of the Master Log line differ; AAM text kept, b17flyingfortress.de text in log_variant

Loss and incident records

MACR 12822 · 14 March 1945 · mission 180, 14 March 1945

History

15 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
4 February 1944Barksdale
14 March 1944Homestead
28 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella
22 April 1944Sterparone
Missing in Action {144m} Almasfuzito, Hung. 14/3/45 with Harvey Mitchell, Sutton, Broome, Nelson, Thompson, Strunk, Triplett, Bill Wilson, Winnega, John Wilson (10 Prisoner of War)
mech fault, crashed Koprivnica, Hungary
Missing Air Crew Report 12822. SWEET 17

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 42-32017 B-17 G 35 BO 'Sweet 17' · view at 15thaf.org
B-17 42-32017 B-17 G 35 BO 'Sweet 17' · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org
Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-32017, mission 180 Almasfuzito, Hungary · 14 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements

Eyewitness statement, page 6 · 14 March 1945

CONFIDENTIAL
TO WHOM IT MAY
mile flying Tail Gunner on No. 5 Plane, I saw 017, which was
No. 7 Plano, fill behind and lose altitude very 2t utga after
wo had left the target area, All four props were spinning. I didnit
cealise the plane was in troubles
of s/sgt Robert Riokette
V s/agt Rober's Ricketta
ACK 391.40860
Tail Quinner
Flane de 852
A TRUZ COPY
Waeter WALTER L. GE.ASS, L Electry JR.
Oaptain, Air Gorpa
Operations officer
CONFIDENTIAL
there +

National Archives, MACR 12822, page 6 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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