Lockheed/Vega-built B-17F-30-VE, serial number 42-5942, named 'Sky Shy/Wenatchee Special', was shot up by flak, lost two engines on the Stuttgart mission of September 6, 1943, and crash landed near Ulm, Germany while trying to reach Switzerland. 'Sky Shy' was assigned to the 563th BS and on her fifth combat mission in the 388th, flown by F/O Byron A. Bowen’s crew which was on their 7th combat mission.
