Aircraft
42-32033 Rita Ann
816thlost with another unit after transfer, 13 October 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- Rita Ann
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 11 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 16 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 19 January 1944Gt Falls
- 31 January 1944Scott
- 4 February 1944MacDill
- 2 March 1944Morrison
- 11 March 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella
- Missing in Action {57m} Blechhammer 13/10/44 with Jonathan Shafer, Brinser, Wheeler, Michaels, Wilson, Arnett, Haines, Zavisa, Yeargin, Williams
- mech fault, crashed Nordungau, Ger
- Missing Air Crew Report 9327. RITA ANN
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 9327 · 99th BG 347th BS, Tortorella, 13 Oct 1944 Blechhammer; 42-32033 · National Archives
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-32033 B-17 G 35 BO 'Rita Ann' · view at 15thaf.org
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