44-6287

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.' media-418247.jpg FRE 8772 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

B-17G-50-DL #44-6287 463rd BG

(note: 44-5287 is not a B-17 serial number) Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8772 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on...

Delivered Kearney 24/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 11/7/44; Missing in Action Valence 15/8/44 with Larry Gault, Co-pilot: Chas McCarthy, Navigator: Marvin Berger, Bombardier: Alf Michel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jaggers, Radio Operator: Chas Howell, Waist gunner: Bob McCalla, Waist gunner: Ed Mettler, Tail gunner: Bob Davis (9 POW?); Ball turret gunner: R.D. Williams (KIA?); flak, crashed Montmeyran; Missing Air Crew Report 7461.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Kearney, NE, USA 24 June 1944

Assigned

Foggia, Province of Foggia, Italy 11 July 1944 463rd BG 772nd BS

Crashed

26120 Montmeyran, France 15 August 1944

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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