B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37997 / Miss Behaven

History of
B-17 42-37997 / Miss Behaven

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Long Beach 19/12/43; Cheyenne 27/12/43; Lakeland 10/1/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 9/3/44; Missing in Action Mestre, Italy 10/6/44 with Howard Smith, Co-pilot: Frank Gilbert, Navigator: Joe Russo, Bombardier: Kent Polkinghorne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Wray, Radio Operator: Scott Rousseau, Ball turret gunner: Grover Jenkins, Waist gunner: Hugh Diggins, Waist gunner: John Palmer,Tail gunner: Lloyd Upchurch (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 5846. MISS BEHAVEN.

Last updated: 20. June 2018