44-6287
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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
B-17G-50-DL #44-6287 463rd BG
(note: 44-5287 is not a B-17 serial number) Roger Freeman Collection
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.