[aaatripp]

NOTE: this incident was covered under MACR #11577

Originally Posted by aaatripp

Need help please in finding any members of the crew, their families and/or their diaries for the B-17 Flying Fortress above...."Old 99" which was flying out of Molesworth, England on 13 Jan 45.

They were assigned to the 427BS(H) of the 303BG (8AF) and were flying a mission to bomb Mannheim, Germany. They were hit by flak & the a/c was seen to explode. The pilot/co-pilot/navigator were all KIA. The non-comm
crew (six of them) were captured and became POWs.

If you have any contact info for any of the crew below, please post here or send me a PM. Many thanks!
Tripp


SURVIVING POW CREW of "OLD 99"

S/Sgt Sam P. Simone - bombardier - Flemington, GA
S/Sgt Robert J. Lyons - Top turret gunner - Buna, TX
T/Sgt Keith R. Muir - Radio/gunner - Baltimore, MD
Sgt Donald LeRoy Beal - Ball turret gunner - Sacramento, CA
S/Sgt Lois R. Hamilton - Waist gunner - Newton, TX
Sgt Lowell F. Stevenson - Tail gunner - Des Moines, IA