B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102488

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102488
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Delievered: Cheyenne
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 561st Bomb Squadron
MACR 3634
Fate: , Lost by unknown reason
(09 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-102488

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall; with Irving Sainsbury, Co-pilot: John Mehner, Navigator: George Scanlon, Bombardier: Gerald Frost, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Bradick, Radio Operator: Howard Corwin, Ball turret gunner: Bert Heinly, Waist gunner: Doug Dalby, Waist gunner: Chas Zellars,Tail gunner: Paul O’Flaherty (10 Killed in Service); lost over Atlantic en route UK 9/4/44; Missing Air Crew Report 3634.

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B-17 42-102488 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Irvin C. Salisbury KIS
CP 2LT John E. Mehner KIS
BOMB 2LT George V. Scanlon KIS
ENG/TT S/SGT Harold Kenneth Bradrick KIS
RO S/SGT Howard F. Corwin KIS
BT SGT Bertram G. Heinly KIS
WG SGT Charles P. Zellars KIS
WG SGT Douglas Cleo Dalby KIS
TG SGT Paul J. O'Flaherty KIS

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