41-2428 Ole Shasta
Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hickam Filed, HI 26-Oct-42, transferred 42BS; Missing in Action 28-Dec-42 over Solomon Is. with James R. Harp, Co-pilot: Tom Omar, Navigator: Thornton Lewis, Bombardier: Elwood Miller, Chas Noble, Howard Krantz, Sanford Caviness, walt Stephanik, Henrry Majeski. Missing Air Crew Report 16271. OL' SHASTA. Never served in the UK.
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Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015. Appended Model to title (convention used for aircraft that never served in the UK); added Block Number , manufacturer, Edited Description (wrote out acronyms) converted dates to military-style signification per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.