B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3099

History of
B-17 42-3099

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-R] Kimbolton 26/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Bill Pinson (POW-picked up by German minesweeper R88); Co-pilot: Reed Lamb, Navigator: Davis Murdock, Bombardier: Leroy Self, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sendzick, Radio Operator: Carrol Lohman, Ball turret gunner: Harry Anderson, Waist gunner: Larus Snydal, Waist gunner: Harry Northey,Tail gunner: Cleon Biddle (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak hits, crashed near Borkum, near Juist Island, North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1368.

Last updated: 31. October 2017