B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5953 / Skin & Bones

History of
B-17 42-5953 / Skin & Bones

Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-Q/G] Snetterton 20/7/43; Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with George Davis, Co-pilot: Lester Guderian, Navigator: Julius Flusche, Bombardier: Hamlin Lowery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kermit Lansrud, Radio Operator: Alphonse Salvagna, Ball turret gunner: John Shue, Waist gunner: Nicholas Tolien, Waist gunner: Jim Golden, Tail gunner: Alex Korolchuk (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30518 approaching target, crashed Gross-Hesepe, between Lingen & Ems, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2017. SKIN & BONES.

Last updated: 10. January 2020

B-17 42-5953 / Skin & Bones Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30518, 96th BG, 413th BS (MACR 2016).