Aircraft

42-32028 Mighty Mike

Type

B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)

Names

Mighty Mike

Assigned to the 483rd

13 March 1944

Transferred

{'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella'}

Sources

Association page · Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de

History

• 18 January 1944Delivered Denver
• 2 February 1944MacDill
• 9 March 1944Morrison
• 13 March 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella
• 31 March 1944transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella
• Missing in Action 43m Ploesti 22/7/44 with Sid Carr, Bell, Glenn, Lemingh, Strash, Neel, Nepil, Runyon (8 Prisoner of War)
• Flynn, Ahr (2 Prisoner of War)
• flak, crashed Bucharest
• Missing Air Crew Report 6948

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 6948 · 99th BG 346th BS, 22 Jul 1944 Ploesti; 42-32028 · National Archives

Photographs and loss sheets

• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-32028 B-17 G 35 BO 'Mighty Mike' · view at 15thaf.org

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