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Source:
americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-Y
MACR: 3234
History of
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy
Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 8/10/43; Missing in Action Munich 18/3/44 with Paul Martin, Co-pilot: Tom Cryan, Navigator: Tom Hughes, Bombardier: Albt Racz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Levi Tonn, Radio Operator: Russ Longdon, Waist gunner: Lonnie Albin, Waist gunner: Veryl Lund,Tail gunner: John Howley (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Dick Faulkner (evaded capture); mid-air coll with 42-37913 (100BG); crashed Frevent, near Haudricourt, 16 miles SW of Poix, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3234. BERLIN PLAYBOY.
Last updated: 19. October 2019
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-37913 on 18 March 1944.
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Paul A. Martin | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Thomas Cryan | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Tom F. Hughes | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Albert P. Racz | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Levi G. Tonn | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Russell E. Longdon | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Richard J. Faulkner | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Veryl A. Lund | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Lonnie J. Albin | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | John E. Howley | KIA | - |
22. November 2022 access_time 15:35
You should list the crew previous to the Paul A. Martin crew. The photo you have is George Gough Crew who completed their tour before the playboy going to Paul.
06. September 2024 access_time 19:59
The picture contains the crew of the Berlin Playboy that completed their missions on 3/8/1944 w/ the exception of the standing row 2nd from the left. It is listed as T/Sgt Daniel Cahill in several pictures but that is not him. I have almost the exact pic w/ the pictured crew and my dad in the stated location also w/o the crew chief.