B-17G-35-DL 42-107197
710th SQ — L
Photo April 1944
Assigned to the 447th on April 11, but lost over Calais, France on April 27, 1944.
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/4/44
Flight listings for 42-107197
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 |
| #51 (22-Apr-44) | Hamm, Germany | Beaty, E. E. | |
| #52 (24-Apr-44) | Friedrichshafen, Germany | Gorrell, L. P. | |
| #53 (26-Apr-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Gorrell, L. P. | |
| #55 (27-Apr-44) | Le Culot, France | Guynn, A. H. |
Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Capt Ashley Guynn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Thomas,Tail gunner: Ernie Hernandez (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Rich Bender, n/b-Edmund Hollister, ng-S/Sgt-John Northrup, Radio Operator: George Swingle, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Weiss, Waist gunner: Ed Kucinski, Waist gunner: Chas Mouser (7 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft set ship on fire which exploded, most wreckage falling in the Channel; the Killed in Action recovered near Killem, 12 miles E of Dunkirk, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4299.
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