44-8137

media-26646.jpeg UPL 26646 Captain John E Fletcher and lead crew on bombing mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany, in front of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8137. 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. England, 5 September 1944.

Object Number - UPL 26646 - Captain John E Fletcher and lead crew on bombing mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany, in front of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8137. 427th Bomb...

Delivered Dallas 18/6/44; Langley 23/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-Z] Molesworth 26/8/44; Missing in Action Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 with Dick Duffield, Dick Cambron, Gene Shipp, Tom Wilson, Ray Levine, Don Christ, Phil Hensel, John Elliott, Ray White (9 Killed in Action); Jim Flemmons (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Rottweil, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11759.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32422716
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-80966
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Squadron navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19094012 / O-760640
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752885
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081029 / O-772673
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Dallas AAF, TX 18 June 1944 Delivered Dallas AAF 18-Jun-44.

Assigned

Molesworth, UK 26 August 1944 Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Rottweil, Germany 21 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; Mid Air Collision crashed Rottweil, Germany 1 x POW, 9 x POW MACR 11759

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Vega.

Revisions

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Added "B-17" to the Production block number.

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88 shows on image.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11759 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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