Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 423rd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | RD-A |
| MACR | 124 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29779 / Bab’s Best
Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Wayne Co 13/4/43; Presque Is 27/4/43; Assigned 19FS/3FG at Meeks Fd, Iceland, o/s runway with P.H. Best 30/4/43; Repaired 1/5/43, New York PE 20/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Thurleigh 4/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Jack Harris, Radio Operator: Jim Connally, Ball turret gunner: Bill Isaacson, Waist gunner: Ralph Burgio, Waist gunner: Larry Sullivan, Tail gunner: Frank Bradley (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Russ Maxwell, Navigator: Ken Fultz, Bombardier: Bill Neary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irwin Aaesby (4 Prisoner of War); Flak, crashed near Wolften, eight miles E of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 124. BAB’S BEST.
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