B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39949

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39949
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Delievered: Long Beach
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 365th Bomb Squadron
RCL XK-K
MACR 5174
KSU/ME/KU: 1938
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(24 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39949

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; ass 365BS/305BG [XK-K] Chelveston 30/11/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: John Brown, Co-Pilot: Sam Baxter, Navigator: Bill Kramer, Bombardier: Emmett Donohue (‘Dohogne’), Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Cyril Burry, Radio Operator: Randolph Page, Ball Turret Gunner: Milford Rahn, Waist Gunner: Leroy Moseby, Waist Gunner: Bartholomew Synan, Tail Gunner: John Doback (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Tornquiststrasse 19, Hamburg, Germany; MACR 5174.

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B-17 42-39949 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT John B. Brown POW
CP 2LT Samuel C. Baxter POW
BOMB 2LT Emmet C. Dohogne POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Cyril E. Burry POW
RO S/SGT Randulph S. Page POW
BT SGT Milford Rahr POW
WG SGT Leroy V. Moseby POW
WG SGT Bartholomew R. Synan POW
TG SGT John Doback POW

This page was last updated on 15 March 2026

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