Production-block:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 49th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2618
History of
B-17 42-29638 / My Aching Back
Delivered Denver 24/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr 24/2/44 with Frank Glass, Navigator: John Bascu, Bombardier: Gene Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Garnett, Ball turret gunner: Rich Hancock, Waist gunner: Don Torpy, Waist gunner: Edmund Ward (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russ Little, Radio Operator: Bob Rand,Tail gunner: Rex Cooper (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attack plus rocket damage, crashed Fuehl, Austria. Missing Air Crew Report 2618.
Last updated: 7. October 2017
25. January 2025 access_time 18:13
This doesn’t look accurate to me unless there is a difference between My Aching Back and My Achin Back. My father was the Navigator of My Achin Back, and they crashed near Stuttgart on May 12, 1944.
26. January 2025 access_time 13:26
Hello Ward,
this is your father’s B-17:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-39976-my-achin-back/
Cheers
Jing