B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29887 / Mehitabel

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B-17 42-29887 / Mehitabel

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-K] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action {7m} Tricqueville 28/6/43 with Derward Copeland, Co-pilot: Don Parker, Navigator: Ralph Reback, Bombardier: Bill Shanley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Wood, Radio Operator: Vince Klanka, Waist gunner: John Castello (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Frank Hanan, Ball turret gunner: Merwyn Ranum,Tail gunner: Ed Tuminiski (3 Killed in Action); flak damage, crashed island of Belle-Ile, 45 miles W of St Nazaire, Fr. No MACR. MEHITABEL.