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B17's Lost by the 32nd Bomb Squadron During WWII

Date of Mission Serial Number Fate of Crew Target
November 28, 1942 41-24363 All Killed in Action Bizerte, Tunisia
January 9, 1943 41-24350 All killed in Accident Accident
February 4, 1943 42-5076 All Prisoners of War Gabes, Tunisia
May 31, 1943 42-5831 Two killed, Rest returned Foggia, Italy
September 4, 1943 42-30344 One POW, Rest returned Capua, Italy
October 30, 1043 42-5137 All killed in Action Turin, Italy
November 2, 1943 42-3391 Three killed, Rest POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
November 2, 1943 42-30111 All killed in Action Weiner Neustadt, Austria
November 2, 1943 42-30127 All killed in Action Weiner Neustadt, Austria
November 2, 1943 42-3380 Three killed, Seven POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
December 25, 1943 42-30134 Three killed, Seven POW Bolzano, Italy
January 11, 1944 42-30466 Eight killed, Two POW Piraeus, Greece
January 27, 1944 42-3166 All Killed in Action Montipelier
February 24, 1944 42-31478 All Crew Rescued Steyr, Austria
February 25, 1944 42-30428 All Prisoners of War Regensburg, Germany
February 25, 1944 42-39982 One killed, Nine POW Regensburg, Germany
February 25, 1944 42-31664 Seven killed, Three POW Regensburg, Germany
February 25, 1944 42-38076 Seven killed, Three POW Regensburg, Germany
March 17, 1944 42-5937 One killed, Rest returned Regensburg, Germany
March 22, 1944 42-31398 Two killed, Rest returned Fischamend Markt, Austria
April 2, 1944 42-3134 All killed in action Steyr, Austria
May 25, 1944 42-38153 All killed in Action Lyons, France
June 5, 1944 42-97347 Six POW, Four returned Lyons, France
June 23, 1944 42-37813 Three killed, Seven POW Ploesti, Romania
June 23, 1944 42-97189 One killed, Rest POW Ploesti, Romania
June 26, 1944 42-31482 Five killed, Five POW Vienna, Austria
June 26, 1944 42-31701 All Prisoners of War Vienna, Austria
July 19, 1944 42-97165 All Prisoners of War Munich, Germany
July 26, 1944 42-102913 Eight killed, Two POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
July 26, 1944 42-3157 Three killed, Rest POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
July 26, 1944 42-6189 Three killed, Seven POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
July 26, 1944 42-6168 Eight killed, Two POW Weiner Neustadt, Austria
August 7, 1944 42-31886 All prisoners of War Fredrichschaffen, Germany
September 10, 1944 44-6353 Seven killed, Three POW Vienna, Austria
September 12, 1944 44-6180 All Prisoners of War Lechfeld, Germany
November, 25, 1944 44-8001 Eight killed, Two POW Linz, Austria
December 11, 1944 44-6529 All Returned to Squadron Moosbierbaum, Austria
December 26, 1944 44-97705 All Returned to Squadron Blechhammer, Germany
December 26, 1944 44-8186 All Returned to Squadron Blechhammer, Germany
February 13, 1945 44-6546 Two killed, Eight POW Vienna, Austria
March 14, 1945 44-6407 All Returned to Squadron Komaron, Hungary
April 20, 1945 44-6737 All Returned to Squadron Vipiteno, Italy
April 20, 1945 44-6347 All Interned in Switzerland Vipiteno, Italy

The above information is from the history of the 301st Bombardment Group (H) "Who Fears," by Kenneth P. Werrel, Ph.D., printed by the Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas, and from Richard E. Drain: "5th Bomb Wing, History of Aircraft Assigned." N.p. copyright 1990, 1998 Rev. With permission.

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