42-106991
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UPL 37708
B-17G-35-DL #42-106991
99th BG - 347th BS - 15th AF
99th BG - 347th BS - 15th AF
Delivered Denver 19/1/44; MacDill 29/1/44; Morrison 1/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 12/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action 22m Ploesti 18/5/44 with Herschel McClain, Gilroy, Lindquist, Corcoran, Miaskiewicz, Newman, Confer, Jones, Downs, Flye, Nolan; flak, crashed Mostar; Missing Air Crew Report 5066.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, Colorado | 19 January 1944 | |
Assigned |
Sterparone Airfield, Italy | 12 March 1944 | 483 BG 817 BS 15 AF |
Assigned |
Tortorella Airfield, Italy | 31 March 1944 | 99 BG 347 BS 15 AF |
Other Shot Down |
Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina | 18 May 1944 | then Yugoslavia |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 224
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html