Production-block:
B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: MZ-V
History of
B-17 42-37850
Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 30/9/43; ass 413BS/96BG [MZ-V] Snetterton 9/10/43; Transferred: to Med. Theatre Ops ’44; from Bovingdon Pilot: Walter Hottenstein forced landing two miles S of base 31/3/45; ret 9SF to USR 24/1/47. BOOTS IV.
Last updated: 13. September 2019
B-17 42-37850 Details
Mid-air-collision with C-47 #43-48506 on March 31 1945. Pilot Capt. Walter P. Hottenstein. Killed all four crew members of #42-37850. Includes Pfc. Emma Jane Burrows Windham, the only female flight engineer lost in WWII while serving in a flight engineer position.
C-47 #43-48506
2nd Lt Joseph L. Cotterman.
1st Lt Maurice F. Thornburg.
13. September 2019 access_time 5:09
B-17G, 42-37850 was destroyed in a midair collision with a C-47 while on a training flight at the Bovingdon Airfield (RAF #112) 31 March1945. One of the two FEs (Flight Engineer) on 42-37850 was PFC Emma Jane (Burrows) Windham, the only female FE lost in WWII while serving in a flight engineer position. She is buried in San Fernado #3 Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
13. September 2019 access_time 13:14
Thank you for the infomation. I have added this.
11. March 2020 access_time 16:14
On 31 March 2020, Church of the Holy Cross, Sarratt, Hertfordshire UK, 3PM (GMT +1) – (the parish in which the two planes sadly came to Earth) will conduct a Remembrance Service and the six crew members will be installed in the Church ‘Flint Book’ which records the names of all friends of the Church. The point of contact for additional information is Gregory Edmund +44 (0)20 7563 4048