| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LN-Z |
| MACR | 3915 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (15 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back
Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; slated 452BG Deopham Green, but transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 21/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 15/3/44 with Capt Roland Knight, Co-pilot: Capt Herb Devore, Capt Roland Knight, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, Ball turret gunner: Nick Delivered Cimmuto, Waist gunner: Darrell Dickinson, Waist gunner: John Barry,Tail gunner: Lt Martin Tashjian (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Burton Joseph, Bombardier: Capt Bob Peel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Longhi (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 and set off flares on board, crashed Watenbuttel, NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3915. MY ACHIN’ BACK!
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Roland T. Knight | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Herbert G. Devore | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Burton M. Joseph | POW | - |
| BOMB | CPT | Robert K Peel | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harrison L. Longhi | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert D. Longworth | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Nicholas Del Cimmuto | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John J. Barry | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Darrell R. Dickenson | KIA | - |
| TG | 1LT | Martin Tashjian | KIA | Observer |
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