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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 401st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LL-A
MACR: 15519
History of
B-17 42-5070 / Invasion 2nd aka Hellzapoppin
Delivered Cheyenne 17/9/42; New Castle 11/10/42; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 14/12/42; Missing in Action 18m Bremen 17/4/43 with Capt Oscar O’Neill, Co-pilot: Bob Friehofer, Navigator: Capt Edwin Carmichael, Bombardier: Capt Edwin Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Goldstein, Radio Operator: Bill King, Ball turret gunner: Benedict Borostowski, Waist gunner: Aaron Yuell, Waist gunner: Chas Melchiondo,Tail gunner: Eldon Lapp (10 Prisoner of War); flak set cockpit and wings alight, crashed Nikolausdorf, near Oldenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15519. INVASION II (2nd).
Last updated: 19. June 2022
B-17 42-5070 / Invasion 2nd aka Hellzapoppin Details
20. December 2025 access_time 17:53
You cite nose cone ( guns) deletion at both block -20 &-30 – BO. Freeman, B-17 … Story, places the change over at Blk -20 however my observation had long placed it at the new serial number run, i.e. block -30 based on observation. A recent, renewed string of observations again favors block -30 (42-50XX).
Recommend yo run your own review and if you reach the same conclusion, resolve the duplication and conflicting information by deleting the phrase about nose guns from block F-20-BO notes.