Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 487th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 365th Bomb Squadron
- 422nd Bomb Squadron
- 838th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XK-C, JJ-E
Fate:
MACR: 6988
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History of
B-17 42-39811
Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; ass 365BS/305BG [XK-C] Chelveston 17/10/43; then to 422NLS [JJ-E] 23/5/44; Transferred: 838BS/487BG Lavenham; MIA France 6/7/44 Pilot: James R. Brown; flak, crashed Overshire, ‘; 1KIA 9POW. MACR 6988.
Last updated: 18. November 2018
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B-17 42-39811 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | James R. Brown | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | John M. Mann | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Roger C. Keedwell | KIA | chute failed to open |
| BOMB | 2LT | Carlisle W. Limehouse | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William D. Harris | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Stivers L. Lee | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John H. McNamara | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Norman Hollander | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ralph M. Tyne | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George A. Jellison | POW | - |
29. March 2022 access_time 18:54
The name of the village ” Overshire” is wrong. This must be Overschie. Overschie was then a small village NW of Rotterdam, close to the nowadays airfield The Hague Rotterdam Airport or also called Zestienhoven.
28. November 2023 access_time 4:04
42-39811, “Miss Donna Mae” was shot down near Amsterdam by a Heinkel He-219 Night Fighter after a leaflet drop. The He-219 was also downed by the B-17’s returned fire, and its crew ejected.