B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39758 / Sky Scrapper

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39758 / Sky Scrapper
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 325th Bomb Squadron
RCL NV-K
MACR 1921
KSU/ME/KU: 674
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(11 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39758 / Sky Scrapper

Delivered Long Beach 24/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-K] Podington 2/12/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Joe Tryens, Co-pilot: Norman Burascano, Navigator: Earl Faris, Bombardier: Art Guinnip, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Streeter, Radio Operator: Seymour Weiss, Ball turret gunner: Billy Walker, Waist gunner: Sam Clevenger, Waist gunner: Don Gilbertson,Tail gunner: John Cramer (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kotte Farm, Almelo, near Albergen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1921. SKY SCRAPPER.

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B-17 42-39758 / Sky Scrapper Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Joseph A. Tryens POW
CP 2LT Norman P. Burascano POW
BOMB 2LT Arthur J. Guinnip POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Lester R. Streeter POW
RO S/SGT Seymour Weiss POW
BT SGT Billy M. Walker POW
WG SGT Samuel G. Clevenger POW
WG SGT Donald L. Gilbertson POW
TG SGT John J. Cramer POW

This page was last updated on 19 May 2021

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