B-17G-15-VE 42-97484
710th SQ
Flight listings for 42-97484
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 |
#11 (29-Jan-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#13 (03-Feb-44) | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#14 (04-Feb-44) | Frankfurt, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#15 (05-Feb-44) | Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Keller, O. F. | |
#17 (08-Feb-44) | Weisbaden, Germany | Ralston, D. E. | ABORT gas leak |
#18 (10-Feb-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Leavitt, G. N. | |
#19 (13-Feb-44) | Pas de Calais, Marquenville, France | Leavitt, G. N. | |
#20 (20-Feb-44) | Rostock, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | ABORT #3 Eng out (possibly 42-3484?) |
#21 (21-Feb-44) | Diepholz, Germany | Nance, E. T. | LL says #530 |
#22 (24-Feb-44) | Rostock, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#23 (25-Feb-44) | Regensburg, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#25 (29-Feb-44) | Brunswick, Germany | Eckman, W. G. | ABORT Eng out |
#27 (04-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Guynn, A. H. | |
#29 (08-Mar-44) | Berlin, Germany | Morrison, H. A. | |
#31 (11-Mar-44) | Munster, Germany | Overdorf, H. W. | MISSING |
Missing in Action Munster 11-Mar-44 Shot down by AA fire. Aircraft crashed in the North Sea, off Haamstede, Isle of Schouwen, Holland. 9KIA 1POW Missing Air Crew Report 3188.
Most aircrew landed on sandbank at low tide, but their pleas for help to German workers and soldiers as tide came in were ignored and they all drowned. After war searches for those responsible failed.
1LT Herbert W. Overdorf | Pilot | KIA |
2LT Leo Teplitz | Co-Pilot | KIA |
2LT Chester Adams | Navigator | KIA |
2LT Nick G. Pantages | Bombardier | KIA |
S/SGT Woodrow W. Harper | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
Daniel J. Fasanello | Radio Operator | KIA |
S/SGT Edward J. Johnson | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
S/SGT Charles E. Gessett | Waist Gunner L | KIA |
S/SGT Darrell R. Lincks | Waist Gunner R | KIA |
S/SGT Julius H. Schultz | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT Edward J. Johnson; Ball Turret Gunner KIA
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