Aircraft

42-38210

Type

B-17G-30-DL (Douglas)

Assigned to the 483rd

30 March 1944

Transferred

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

Loss

Association record · mission 188, 24 March 1945

Sources

Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de

Loss and incident records

• Association record · 24 March 1945 · mission 188, 24 March 1945

Incidents

• 24 March 1945 · mission 188, 24 March 1945 · no Missing Air Crew Report located in the catalog for this aircraft; loss or incident known only from the Association aircraft page (sheets: Berlin, Germany)

History

• 16 January 1944Delivered Denver
• 6 February 1944MacDill
• 30 March 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella
• 31 March 1944transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella
• {6m} Missing in Action Fischamend Markt, Aus. 12/4/44 with Adam Hrostowsky, Lawinski, Robison, Colino, Geraghty, Flinht, Thompson (6 Killed in Action)
• Callmeyer, Perlmeyer, Reynolds, Cabrera (4 Prisoner of War)
• flak, crashed Zwolfaxing, Ger?
• Missing Air Crew Report 3955

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 3955 · 99th BG 346th BS, Tortorella; catalog serial 42-38210 conflicts with the 483rd's 42-38210 lost at Berlin 24 Mar 1945 (Association sheet M 188) · National Archives

Photographs and loss sheets

• B-17 42-38210 B-17 G 30 DL · view at 15thaf.org
• Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-38210, mission 188 Berlin, Germany · 24 March 1945 · view at 15thaf.org

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