44-8258 IY-A (PFF Ship)

44-8258

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Serial No: 44-8258
Model: B-17G-55-VE
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA
Delivered: 07/28/1944
Assigned: 10/05/1944
Lost: 12/11/1944
Mission Lost: Frankfurt (#179)
How Lost: Battle Damage
Notes: Force-landed at Melsbroek airfield (near Brussels), Belgium.

Before this ship could be returned to the 401st, it was destroyed on the ground by enemy aircraft (1 January 1945).

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Recorded Missions

#DateMissionCrew
110/15/1944 Cologne (#156) William M. Heenan Crew #1
210/17/1944 Cologne (#157) Ted D. Carroll Crew #1
310/25/1944 Hamburg (#160) Denver R. Charleville Crew #1
410/26/1944 Bielfeld (#161) Elmer W. Mercer Crew #1
510/30/1944 Munster (#163) Bodo C. Konze Crew #1
611/02/1944 Merseburg (#164) Ted D. Carroll Crew #1
711/05/1944 Frankfurt (#166) Thomas R. Cushman Crew #1
811/06/1944 Harburg (#167) Robert O. Duckworth Crew #1
911/16/1944 Eschweiler (#170) Michael J. Kochel Crew #1
1011/21/1944 Merseburg (#171) Elmer W. Mercer Crew #1
1112/04/1944 Kassel (#176) Laurel A. Turk Crew #1
1212/05/1944 Berlin (#177) Stephen J. Lozinski Crew #1
1312/06/1944 Merseburg (#178) Charles W. Utter Crew #1
1412/11/1944 Frankfurt (#179) John J. Brown Jr. Crew #1
1503/14/1945 Lohne (#228) Richard S. Hubbell Crew #1