44-8921 unknown name (PFF)

B-17G-90-VE

Pathfinder

 

February 6, 1945 Delivered to Cheyenne

March 3, 1945 to Hunter

March 23, 1945 to Grenier

March 26, 1945 Assigned to 4th Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, Mendlesham

 

Mission #163 April 11, 1945 44-8921 H/E (scheduled for Gustafson but replaced)

Mission #168 April 18, 1945 44-8921 H/E 18BS Thompson (PFF)

Mission #169 April 19, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Hicks (PFF)

Mission #170 April 20, 1945 44-8921 H/E (unused ground spare - PFF)

Mission #171 May 1, 1945 44-8921 H/R 7BS Hanchar

Mission #172 May 2, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore (PFF)

Mission #173 May 3, 1945 44-8921 H/E 18BS Hanchar

Mission #174 May 5, 1945 44-8921 H/E 7BS Moore

Mission #175 May 6, 1945 44-8921 H/E 391BS Moore

Mission #176 May 7, 1945 44-8921 H/E 391BS Hanchar

 

                         May 21, 1945 44-8921 H/E Hicks

Involved in a mid-air collision 3 miles South of Steeple Morden.

Hicks, Stanley R. (P)

 

October 28, 1945 Returned to the US: Charleston

December 21, 1945 to RFC Walnut Ridge