| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | LN-A |
| MACR: | 3030 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (06 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-39872 / Rubber Check aka Old Vibration
Delivered Long Beach 24/9/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-A] Thorpe Abbotts 19/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Frank Granack, Co-pilot: Bob Dunham, Navigator: Murray Geisler, Bombardier: Joe Kawiecki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Stearns, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Rogers, Waist gunner: Edwin Harrell{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: George Christian (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Grant Scott, Waist gunner: Glenn Brown (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4, then enemy aircraft further damage, ship crash landed Ostprignitz, close to the Halenbeck-Freiestein road, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3030. RUBBER CHECK.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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