B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38149

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38149
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 364th Bomb Squadron
MACR 4011
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(11 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-38149

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; ass 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 22/2/44; MIA Stettin 11/4/44 Pilot: Rich Cooke, Co-Pilot: Bill Caryl, Bombardier: Bill Casey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alby Orchino, Radio Operator: Gordon Bergquist, Ball Turret Gunner: John McGrath, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Emmerich, Waist Gunner: Nolan Havens, Tail Gunner: Harry Shinn (9POW); Navigator: Ed Simmerly (KIA-hit during fighter attack, colleagues baled him out, but body found 30 miles NE of Magdeberg); Enemy aircraft, crashed Paplitz, N of Schopsdorf, Germany. MACR 4011.

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