B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39859 / Sweet Sue aka Miss Mary

History of
B-17 42-39859 / Sweet Sue aka Miss Mary

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 15/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-P] Rougham 26/10/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Burwell Capehart, Co-pilot: Les Smith, Navigator: Verne Viterbo, Bombardier: Burdette Wright, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Babcock, Radio Operator: Bob Kirkpatrick (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Sid Landis, Waist gunner: Ben Jones, Waist gunner: Lloyd Hadley,Tail gunner: Francis Castle (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Oudeschip, Delfzijl, in River Eems estuary, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1258. SWEET SUE aka MISS MARY.

Last updated: 6. July 2017