B-17G-15-DL 42-37873
710th SQ — F
42-37873, photographed at Dubendorf Switzerland on July 12, 1944.
Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43
Flight listings for 42-37873
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 |
| #2 (30-Dec-43) | Ludwigshafen, Germany | Beaty, E. E. | failed to take off, engine trouble |
| #3 (31-Dec-43) | Cognac, France | McGuire, L. F. | |
| #7 (11-Jan-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | |
| #10 (24-Jan-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | |
| #11 (29-Jan-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | |
| #12 (30-Jan-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | |
| #13 (03-Feb-44) | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | |
| #14 (04-Feb-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Kautt, E. T. | ABORT |
| #38 (23-Mar-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Sizer, J. C. | ABORT Using too much gas |
| #40 (27-Mar-44) | Merignac, Chartes, France | Reynolds, W. A. | |
| #42 (01-Apr-44) | Ludwigshafen, Germany | Hopla, C. S. | |
| #47 (13-Apr-44) | Augsburg, Germany | Abernathy, J. L. | |
| #48 (18-Apr-44) | Oranienburg / Rathnow, Germany | Brown, J. C. | took Stenvig’s original slot |
| #49 (19-Apr-44) | Lippstadt / Werl, Germany | Tigh, W. P. | |
| #50 (20-Apr-44) | Cherbourg / Bois de la Justice, France | Moran, B. | |
| #51 (22-Apr-44) | Hamm, Germany | Moran, B. | |
| #52 (24-Apr-44) | Friedrichshafen, Germany | Moran, B. | |
| #56 (29-Apr-44) | Berlin, Germany | Owens, W. E. | |
| #61 (09-May-44) | Laon / Athies, France | Moran, B. | |
| #106 (11-Jul-44) | Munich, Germany | Jacobs, R. M. | MISSING after target; Landed in Switzerland |
Forced landing at Dubendorf on July 11, 1944. Aircraft and crew interned; subsequently scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44; flak, dropped out of formation with #2 smoking; force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 7223. Returned to the USA 1377 BU Grenier 13/9/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/12/45.
According to Missing Air Crew Report 7223.
| Robert Jacobs | Pilot | INT |
| Frank Pollard | Co-Pilot | INT |
| Jim Burkhart | Navigator | INT |
| Tom Winborne | Bombardier | INT |
| Granville Newton | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | INT |
| John Tennant | Radio Operator | INT |
| Ed Wellnitz | Ball Turret Gunner | INT |
| Art Cooper | Waist Gunner | INT |
| Lou Joseph | Waist Gunner | INT |
| Bob Scott | Tail Gunner | INT |
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