Identification | |||
| Serial Number: | 43-38788 | ||
| Model: | B-17G | ||
| Manufacturer: | Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, Washington | ||
| Production Block: | B-17G-95-BO | ||
| Delivered by Manufacturer: | 21 Sep 1944 at Lincoln | ||
Squadron Code: | SC-T (612th) | ||
| Nickname: | Heavy Date | ||
| Date Assigned to 401st BG: | 7 Nov 1944 | ||
| Date Arrived at Station 128: | 7 Nov 1944 | ||
| Date Lost: | 10 Apr 1945 | ||
| Mission Lost: | Furstenfeldbruck | ||
| Nature of Loss: | Missing In Action | ||
Other Details: | Sustained major flak damage and force-landed at the Luftwaffe base at Fassberg, Germany. Photograph | ||
| Documented Missions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) | 16 Nov 1944 | Eschweiler (170) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 2) | 21 Nov 1944 | Merseburg (171) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 3) | 25 Nov 1944 | Merseburg (172) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 4) | 26 Nov 1944 | Misburg (173) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 5) | 4 Dec 1944 | Kassel (176) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 6) | 5 Dec 1944 | Berlin (177) | 1st Lt M.H. French and crew | |||
| 7) | 11 Dec 1944 | Frankfurt (179) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 8) | 12 Dec 1944 | Merseburg (180) | 1st Lt D.M. Schleimann and crew | |||
| 9) | 15 Dec 1944 | Kassel (181) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 10) | 19 Dec 1944 | Schleiden/Koblenz (182) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 11) | 27 Dec 1944 | Gerolstein (184) | 1st Lt M.H. French and crew | |||
| 12) | 28 Dec 1944 | Rheinbach (185) | 1st Lt R.L. Long and crew | |||
| 13) | 29 Dec 1944 | Bingen (186) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 14) | 3 Jan 1945 | Hermulheim (190) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 15) | 10 Jan 1945 | Euskirchen (194) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 16) | 13 Jan 1945 | Maximilliansau (195) | 1st Lt M.J. Christensen and crew | |||
| 17) | 17 Jan 1945 | Paderbom (197) | 1st Lt D.M. Schleimann and crew | |||
| 18) | 29 Jan 1945 | Bad Kreusnach (201) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 19) | 6 Feb 1945 | Giessen (204) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 20) | 9 Feb 1945 | Lutzkendorf (205) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 21) | 10 Feb 1945 | Dulmen (206) | 1st Lt M.H. Lovell and crew | |||
| 22) | 14 Feb 1945 | Dresden (207) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 23) | 15 Feb 1945 | Dresden (208) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 24) | 20 Feb 1945 | Nurnburg (210) | 1st Lt W.E. Cox and crew | |||
| 25) | 22 Feb 1945 | Ludwigslust (212) | 1st Lt J.A. Nolan and crew | |||
| 26) | 23 Feb 1945 | Ottingen (213) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 27) | 24 Feb 1945 | Harburg (214) | 1st Lt D.M. Schleimann and crew | |||
| 28) | 25 Feb 1945 | Munich (215) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 29) | 1 Mar 1945 | Heilbron (219) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 30) | 10 Mar 1945 | Hagen (225) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 31) | 11 Mar 1945 | Bremen (226) | 1st Lt A.F. Bloetscher and crew | |||
| 32) | 12 Mar 1945 | Swinemunde (227) | 2nd Lt F.I. Eglin and crew | |||
| 33) | 14 Mar 1945 | Lohne (228) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 34) | 15 Mar 1945 | Zossen (Berlin) (229) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 35) | 18 Mar 1945 | Berlin (231) | 1st Lt J.A. Nolan and crew | |||
| 36) | 19 Mar 1945 | Plauen (232) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 37) | 23 Mar 1945 | Gladbeck (235) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 38) | 24 Mar 1945 | Rheine (236) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 39) | 30 Mar 1945 | Bremen (239) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 40) | 5 Apr 1945 | Ingolstadt (242) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | |||
| 41) | 9 Apr 1945 | Furstenfeldbruck (245) | 2nd Lt F.W. Clark and crew | |||
| 42) | 10 Apr 1945 | Oranienburg (246) | 2nd Lt C.P. Spence and crew | MIA | ||