| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 509th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | RQ-F |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire, ditched (12 June 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-37845 / Wildfire
Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-F] Polebrook 25/11/43; Missing in Action {55m} St Nazaire 12/6/44 with Vernon Guthery, Co-pilot: Bob Seidell, Navigator: Ed Peters, Bombardier: Lew Humphrey, Ball turret gunner: Atison Roper, Waist gunner: Lamont Fisher,Tail gunner: Lloyd Babin (7RTD-rescued by ASR); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nobert Berendsen, Radio Operator: Leo Hamilton (2died of exposure and drowning- Killed in Action); flak, ditched Channel 25 miles off Dungeness, Kent, UK; No MACR. WILDFIRE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 17 August 2017
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