Posted By Vic Walzel on October 10, 2005 at 12:54:54:
In Reply to: B-17 posted by Donald Gatch on October 10, 2005 at 12:33:48:
: I am trying to find out the any information on the
: B-17 that my father was a tail gunner on and was shot down over Germany after 4 missions around May 1944. His name is Sgt. James Gatch Army Air Corps. Thanks for any help.
Hi Donald,
Project Bits and Pieces shows your father's AC as 42-97794, no name listed, of the 447th Bomb Group, 709th Squadron. It failed to return on 12 May 1944 due to flak and ditched in the English Channel. Your father is listed as the right waist gunner and said to have become a POW. The pilot was 2Lt William Moses. There were 2 KIA, 3 POWs, 1 Evadee and 4 RTD. The MACR 4769 covers this AC and crew and is available by contacting Lynn.Gamma@MAXWELL.AF.MIL
and there is no charge for this report.
Vic