B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102613

History of
B-17 42-102613

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 29/4/44; Missing in Action {10m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Howard Evans, Co-pilot: Jim Duffy, Bombardier: Roger Peterson (3 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Joe Norton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Kopf,Tail gunner: Stephen Kovacs (3 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ron Pope, Ball turret gunner: Jack Honsowetz, Waist gunner: Glen Joiner (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, exploded crashed Nonnenweier, six miles W of Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5324

Last updated: 13. August 2017