Aircraft
42-32057
816thlost with another unit after transfer, 8 July 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 11 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- b17flyingfortress.de
Flags. not on the Association aircraft pages; known from the databases
History
- 19 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 3 February 1944Lubbock
- 5 February 1944MacDill
- 6 March 1944Morrison
- 11 March 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella
- Missing in Action {38m} Vienna 8/7/44 with Laurel Gibson, Aleshaukas, Kennard, Pifko, VanCure, Romero, Jenkins, Miller, Olsen, Southard
- flak, aircraft exploded, chutes seen, crashed Novi Marov, Yugo
- Missing Air Crew Report 6368
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 6368 · 99th BG 348th BS, Tortorella, 8 Jul 1944 Vienna; 42-32057 had been 816th/483rd until 31 Mar 1944 · National Archives
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