B-17G-20-VE 42-97597
710th SQ
Delivered Denver 2/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned as PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 25/2/44; transferred 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 26/2/44
Flight listings for 42-97597
These lists are NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.
| 447th Mission (Date) | Target | Pilot | Notes |
| #48 (18-Apr-44) | Oranienburg / Rathnow, Germany | Esterline, M. A. | PFF #597 MISSING |
Missing in Action with the Esterline crew — Oranienburg 18/4/44; enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Blutehn, 11 miles N of Wittenberge, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4175. [possibly hit by bomb from a/c above, cr ?]
| Capt Milton Esterline | Pilot | POW |
| Capt Jim Dalzell | Co-Pilot | POW |
| Elmer Canfield | Navigator | POW |
| Elliot Evans | Nav / Radio | POW |
| Forrest Burnett | Bombardier | POW |
| Earl Lynes | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| Elvin Smith | Radio Operator | POW |
| John Marr | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
| Arthur Crouse | Waist Gunner | POW |
| Harold Ross | Tail Gunner | POW |
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