UPL 26148
IMAGE43-38566B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, wrecked, after return to airbase. Plane collided with 43-38270 on 3 Feb 1945 on 385th Mission No. 213 to bomb Wetzlar. Photo given to me by Mr. Bill Varnedoe, 550 SQ, 385 BG, the historian of the 385th Bomb Group Association. -566 was piloted by the Foss Crew. -270 with the Webb Crew crashed. The full Foss crew on that mission was: P-Clifford W. Foss CP-Otho J. Quick N-Myron M. Loyet B-James H. Shaver, MIA. - taken POW, Stalag Luft 1 - survived war, deceased 1995 TTG-Edward F. Myers, MIA. RO-Theodore E. Otto BTG-Robert W. Houston TG-Gail E. Anderson, Jr. WG- Johnnie P. Bevilacqua
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-708058
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron