43-38267 IN-M Maximum Effort

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# 43-38267

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Serial No: 43-38267
Model: B-17G-80-BO
Manufacturer: Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
Delivered: 07/14/1944
Assigned: 08/25/1944
Lost: 11/28/1944
Mission Lost: N/A
How Lost: Crashed
Notes: Crashed on landing during a night flying practice mission.  Scrapped.

Crash crews and fire truck immediately dispatched.  The pilot apparently landed too high and the landing gear collapsed.  The aircraft touched down about 75 yards from the downwind end of runway 23 and came to rest to the right of the runway about 300 yards from the end.

Recorded Missions

#DateMissionCrew
108/27/1944 Berlin (Recall) (#136) Russell R. Lockhart Crew #1
208/30/1944 Coubronne (#137) Augustus J. Nelson Crew #1
309/03/1944 Ludwigshaven (#138) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
409/05/1944 Ludwigshaven (#139) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
509/09/1944 Mannheim (#140) Frank Carson Jr, Crew #1
609/10/1944 Gaggenau (#141) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
709/17/1944 Groesbeck (#144) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
809/19/1944 Hamm (#145) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
909/22/1944 Kassel (#146) Clayton R. Budd Crew #1
1009/26/1944 Osnabruck (#148) Charles W. Hopley Crew #1
1109/27/1944 Cologne (#149) Raymond H. Hillestad Crew #1
1209/28/1944 Magdeburg (#150) Thomas A. Davis Crew #1
1309/30/1944 Munster (#151) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
1410/03/1944 Nurnburg (#152) Raymond H. Hillestad Crew #1
1510/06/1944 Stargard (#153) John W. McGoldrick Crew #1
1610/07/1944 Politz (#154) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
1710/14/1944 Cologne (#155) Roy G. Etters Crew #1
1810/15/1944 Cologne (#156) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
1910/17/1944 Cologne (#157) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
2010/19/1944 Mannheim (#158) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
2110/26/1944 Bielfeld (#161) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
2210/30/1944 Munster (#163) Charles W. Keeling Crew #1
2311/04/1944 Hamburg (#165) Robert J. Keck Crew #1
2411/06/1944 Harburg (#167) Marvin J. Christensen Crew #1
2511/08/1944 Merseburg (#168) Romie A. Annis Crew #1
2611/09/1944 Metz (#169) Richard R. Scheller Crew #1
2711/16/1944 Eschweiler (#170) Herbert P. Cox Crew #1
2811/21/1944 Merseburg (#171) Herbert P. Cox Crew #1
2911/25/1944 Merseburg (#172) Herbert P. Cox Crew #1