Production-block:
B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Manufacturer:
Douglas
History of
B-17 42-37863
Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; with Arnold Sparmann crashed nine miles N of Pierre, SD 17/8/44; W/O 20/8/44.
Last updated: 24. February 2019
07. December 2020 access_time 20:14
My great uncle 2nd Lt. Arthur M. Lippman, bombardier, was also killed in this crash. Also killed in addition to the pilot, 2nd Lt. Arnold Sparmann: 2nd Lt. Bob M. Biggers, Jr., 2nd Lt. John F. Hanzes, Sgt. Samuel J. Lamazzo, and Cpl. Frederick J. Breuning. My great uncle was 25, Harvard Class of 1941, and left behind his wife Fay, and baby daughter, Ann. Thank you for remembering our hero.