42-97496 IY-J

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Serial No: 42-97496
Model: B-17G-15-VE
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA
Delivered: 12/02/1943
Assigned: 01/31/1944
Lost: 04/09/1944
Mission Lost: Marienburg (#47)
How Lost: Missing In Action
Notes: Returning from the target Lt. G. C. Byrd, pilot of B-17 No. 42-97496, who had lost an engine and was short on fuel, set course for Sweden, where he landed safely.

Recorded Missions

#DateMissionCrew
102/05/1944 Chatearoux (#21) Ellsworth E. Christensen Crew #1
202/25/1944 Augsburg (#28) Walter J. Otton Crew #1
303/23/1944 Ahlen (#42) G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1
403/26/1944 Watten (#44) G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1
503/29/1944 Brunswick (#46) G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1
604/09/1944 Marienburg (#47) G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1