Aircraft
42-97570 Achtung
815thlost with another unit after transfer, 27 August 1944
- Type
- B-17G-20-VE (Lockheed/Vega)
- Names
- Achtung
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 13 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 23 December 1943Delivered Cheyenne
- 3 February 1944MacDill
- 15 February 1944with H.T. Hutchinson force landed MacDill
- 10 March 1944Morrison
- 13 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella
- Missing in Action 59m Blechhammer 27/8/44 with Jack Humbrecht, Rucker, Heinz, Smith, Lerner, Mackie, Lurati, Olejarski, Fleming, Lafata, Mohr
- flak, crashed Loebschutz
- six chutes seen
- Missing Air Crew Report 7991. ACHTUNG
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 7991 · 99th BG 346th BS, Tortorella, 27 Aug 1944 Blechhammer North; 42-97570 · National Archives
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-97570 B-17 G 20 VE 'Achtung' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-97570 B-17 G 20 VE 'Achtung' · view at 15thaf.org
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