Note : This B-17G, Serial Number 43-37603, named, I'll Be Around, should not be mistaken for several other B-17Gs, also named, I'll Be Around, after the name of an American contemporary popular song, "I'll Be Around", in 1944.



B-17G-65-BO: 43-37603



Manufacturer: Boeing



Bomb Group: 96th Bomb Group

Bomb Squadron: 338th Bomb Squadron

RCL: BX-R

Fate: Lost to flak. 10 September 1944. MACR 8809



The B-17G, 43-37603, named, I'll Be Around, was delivered to Cheyenne 3/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 3/6/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 3/6/44;



The B-17G airplane, I'll Be Around, was being flown by Lt. Oscar Williamson when it failed to return (FTR) from a mission to Nurnberg, Germany. 10/9/44 It's command pilot, Lt. Williamson, was, first, mistakenly listed as KIA, for the second time, then, later, listed correctly as a POW. Aircraft was hit by flak, crashed near Laubenthal, Germany, NW of Ingolstadt, Germany. 10 POW. 10 Sep 44. MACR 8809



Lt. Oscar Williamson's Crew on, the B-17G - I'll Be Around :



Copilot Jim Haynes

Navigator: Wiley Williams

Bombardier: John Greene

Flight engineer/ Top Turret Gunner: Bill Lowery

Radio Operator: Bruce Sleeper

Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Tharat

Waist Gunner: Henry Dirocco

Tail Gunner: Bill Montgomery