42-97407 The As-Te-Risk
![B-17 Flying Fortresses (serial number 43-38521), (DI-G, serial number 42-31974), (DI-V, serial number 42-97407) and (serial number 42-102972) of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-414098.jpg)
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Object Number - FRE 8239 - B-17G Flying Fortresses : serial number, 43-38521, DI-K (foreground left - out of picture). Also, shown, the B-17 Flying Fortress : serial...
Fate: Mid-air collision - 30 November 1944 - MACR: 11136
The B-17G, 42-97407, named, The As-Te-Risk, was delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming, 26/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned to the 95th Bomb Group, and the 412th Bomb Squadron, [QW-N] Horham 7/4/44; 16m SAD 10/6/44; transferred to the the 390th Bomb Group, and the 570th Bomb Squadron, [DI-V] Framlingham 11/4/44.
The B-17G, The As-Te-Risk, was lost, Missing in Action, and Failed To Return (FTR) near Merseburg, Germany, after a mid air collision with the B-17G, The Saint, 44-8080, also in the 390th Bomb Group. Both planes crashed near Niederklobikau, Germany. 30 Nov 1944. Missing Air Crew Report 11136. The As-Te-Risk.
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- Official Description:
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
26 February 1944 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF 26-Feb-44. | |
Assigned |
7 April 1944 | Assigned 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Assigned |
11 April 1944 | Transferred 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
30 November 1944 - 30 November 1944 | Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44. mid air coll with 44-8080 (390BG), crashed Niederklobikau, Germany. (3 x POW, 6 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 11136. | |
Manufactured |
Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. https://5085.sydneyplus.com/archive/Portal/390th.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAAH…
42-97407 and 44-8080 collided after 44-8080 was initially hit by flak and lost control, 43-38211 fell to flak on same mission in close proximity but was not involved in the mid-air collision, this according to witnesses cited in MACR's 11131, 11136 and 10831.
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database