Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 728th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 9Z-G
MACR: 4818
History of
B-17 42-39937
Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; ass 728BS/452BG [9Z-G] Deopham Green 3/1/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Harry Homer, Co-Pilot: Chas Canterbury, Navigator: Bob Longenecker, Bombardier: Ed Zell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Carnes (5KIA); Radio Operator: Bill Baumgardner, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Griffith, Waist Gunner: Elmer Michaud, Waist Gunner: Norman Bethune, Tail Gunner: Roy Dickey (5POW); damaged by Enemy aircraft, crash-landed three miles NE of Rudersdorf, Siegen, Germany. MACR 4818.
Last updated: 2. July 2018
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