B-17 401st BG 615th Sq IY-P Help needed

Posted:
By: Michael Balss
On: 04/03/2002

Today I got two photos of a crashed B-17 somewhere in (?) Germany. The only visible marikings are : IY-P
maybe someone here can give me more informations about the plane and the crew ?

Re: B-17 401st BG 615th Sq IY-P Help needed

Posted:
By: David Pearce
On: 04/03/2002

According to the list of B-17 Assigned to the 401st there were 4 B-17's that carried the codes IY-P, they were -

42-37981 Belle of the Barbary Coast MIA Liepzig 7.7.44
crashed Buckhorst, Germany. Mechanical Fault.LT JC Neill (p)2nd LT Hammond (CP) 2nd Lt AE Roddy (N) 2nd Lt CJ Macdougall (B)Pfc FJ Nebus (ROp)T/Sgt GH Moore (ENG/T) Sgt HJ Nichol (Ball)SGT RT Fraker (Tail G) & Sgt ME Warner (Waist Gunner)

42-97982 MIA Munich 16.07.44 Flak. Crashed Neuried, Germany. 2nd Lt W Johnson (p)2nd Lt KR Powell (cp)2nd Lt R E Malloy (N) 2nd Lt JJ Loverro (B)t/sgt JT Murtha (ROP)Sgt JB Haire (Eng/T)sgt CG Gore (BallT) SGT CD Nolan, (Tail Gunner) & Sgt L Rapoport (Waist)

43-38758 this a/c was also assigned to the 613th BS and this a/c was rtnd to the US at the end of the war.

42-6310 This a/c was MIA 10.9.44 crashed heinerdingen,germany. ROCKY LOIS. 2nd lt wb woodward (p)Flt O JF Glidewell (CP)2nd Lt O R Mcmahon (N)2nd Lt D A Eckers (B)t/sgt j m lech (Radio op)T/sgt A J Pedgarney (ENG/T)s/sgt TH Schappert (Ball/T)s/sgt DG Steel (Tailgunner) & s/sgt J Pasillas (Waist gunner

hope this has been of help to you in your research.

Dave

Re: B-17 401st BG 615th Sq IY-P Help needed

Posted:
By: Michael Balss
On: 04/03/2002

Thanks a lot for this informations.
I believe it will be 42-6310 because there was some other photos of a crashed B-24 in the same area, September 10th a B-24 of the 446. was lost - so I see the single B-24 loss in the same area as the IY-P´s.
Hope to get some other photos maybe there´s more to see. The crash side must be Heimerdingen near Munich.
Regards from Germany Michael

Re: B-17 401st BG 615th Sq IY-P Help needed

Posted:
By: Scott McElvain
On: 05/14/2002

I believe the serial number should be 44-6310. No known photos in the National Archives. There was no 43-6310 in the 401st according to the Bits and Pieces Project booklet that lists First Air Division B-17s by group and serial numbers.