| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 358th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VK-E |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (11 February 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-39810 / Big “A” Bird aka Special Delivery
Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-E] Molesworth 18/10/43; battle damaged Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Joe Worthley, Co-pilot: Ken Crooke, Navigator: Joe Rajay*, Bombardier: Gene Blum*, Radio Operator: Harry Egan*, Ball turret gunner: Grant Vanderhoff*, Waist gunner: Ray Robinson*, Waist gunner: Ben Molherbe*,Tail gunner: Fred Lawson* (9RTD-* all injured); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Johnson (Killed in Action); attremptin to land RAF West Malling, crash landed Pitt Farm, Horsmonden, Kent, UK. sal 14/2/44. BIG `A’ BIRD aka SPECIAL DELIVERY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 13 September 2017
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