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| '''Jens''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>12/22/2009 4:32:36 AM 
| Hi.<br/> <br/> Does any of you have info or know where I might be able to find out how many sorties 42-31619 "BTO in the ETO" made before belly landing May 24th 1944 on Bornholm?<br/> <br/> Cheers <br/><br/>Jens Voigt<br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>12/22/2009 6:22:43 AM 
| Identification<br/>  <br/>       Serial Number: 42-31619 <br/>       Model: B-17G <br/>       Manufacturer: Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, Washington <br/>       Production Block: B-17G-20-BO <br/>       Delivered by Manufacturer: 1 Dec 1943 at Cheyenne <br/> <br/>       Squadron Code: <br/> IY-L (615th) <br/>       Nicknames: That Sweet Thing, BTO in the ETO <br/>       Date Assigned to 401st BG:   31 Jan 1944 <br/>       Date Lost: 24 May 1944 <br/>       Mission Lost: Berlin <br/>       Nature of Loss: Missing In Action <br/> <br/>       Other Details: <br/> Force-landed due to engine failure. <br/> <br/>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki> <br/> Documented Missions <br/>     1)   3 Feb 1944   Wilhelmshaven (19)   2nd Lt E.T. Gardner and crew    <br/>     2)   5 Feb 1944   Chatearoux (21)   1st Lt J.E. Ferdyn and crew    <br/>     3)   11 Feb 1944   Frankfurt (23)   1st Lt J.E. Ferdyn and crew    <br/>     4)   21 Feb 1944   Lippstadt (25)   1st Lt J.E. Ferdyn and crew    <br/>     5)   22 Feb 1944   Oscherslaben (26)   1st Lt J.E. Ferdyn and crew    <br/>     6)   24 May 1944   Berlin (74)   2nd Lt J.S. Whiteman and crew  MIA <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Jens''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>12/22/2009 7:10:49 AM 
| Thank you Donald.<br/> <br/> On this picture I believe the markings in the circle is the sorties made, or could I be wrong?<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9769/bite.png' /> <br/><br/>Jens Voigt<br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>12/22/2009 7:23:12 AM 
| It is possible, the database is incomplete.  Since being appointed as the Group Historian I am trying to get the information to update aircraft flew by each crew and the aircraft itself.  The aircraft was in service about 4 months so it would have had enought time to fly what was shown on the picture that you circled.<br/> <br/> Don Byers <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Jens''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>12/22/2009 10:07:42 AM 
| Don, in case you need more info on "BTO in the ETO" and especially it's crew from the belly landing just give me a howl.<br/> <br/> As far as I know only two B-17 crews managed all to evade without losing any members. One should be one which wend down in France and then this one. <br/><br/>Jens Voigt<br/> 
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