B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39897

History of
B-17 42-39897

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 1/12/43; 8m, Missing in Action Evreux, Fr; 6/2/44 with Leo Hamby, Co-pilot: Horace Peay, Navigator: Dick Burke, Bombardier: Dominick Denare, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Allen Gaudet, Radio Operator: Francis Bleyenberg, Ball turret gunner: Gus Burgo,Tail gunner: Bill Starns (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Clarry Leslie, Waist gunner: Don Reboulet (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #3 & #4, set wing alight then exploded in mid-air, crashed SE of Arbonne, near Fountainbleau, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2199.

Last updated: 30. July 2017