Unknown crash-landed B-17 in the Reich

[PMoz99]

Hmmm. According to the B-17 Registry pdf from avialogs.com, 42-3559 526BS, 379BG B-17G was named "Stardust" and lost to Flak 1 Dec 1943 at Rotterdam. I take it that was merely where she was hit?
Peter

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by PMoz99

Hmmm. According to the B-17 Registry pdf from avialogs.com, 42-3559 526BS, 379BG B-17G was named "Stardust" and lost to Flak 1 Dec 1943 at Rotterdam. I take it that was merely where she was hit?
Peter

Hi Peter,
My source definitely concurs with your unit ID of 526 BS, 379th BG (sorry, I should have mentioned that, my bad...)
And that Flak was involved. No mention of the name "Stardust" or Rotterdam.
I should note that Bishop and Hey did not always mention aircraft names.

She certainly was not a B-17G but a B-17F-75-DL.
Otherwise, Joe Baugher agrees with Peter's info, which is viewable at
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html


3559 (379th BG, 526th BS, "Stardust") shot down by AAA at Rotterdam, Netherlands Dec 1, 1943. MACR 1333. 6 POW, 4 evaded.

[PMoz99]

Comparing the two, it looks like the pdf from avialogs is identical to Joe Baugher's list ...