B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31368 / Ain’t Miss Behavin III

History of
B-17 42-31368 / Ain’t Miss Behavin III

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; on return from mission aircraft landed heavily and right u/c collapsed with cp at wheel crew OK 24/12/44; on return from Darmstadt with Jim MacSporran, Co-pilot: Alex Marva, Navigator: Theo Janoski, togg-T/Sgt Jim Kiser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willis Trombley, Radio Operator: Vernon Bosseler (6 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Darrell O’Harrow, Waist gunner: David Monore,Tail gunner: Leon Thompson (3 Returned to Duty), crash landed near base at Higham, Nfk; [Sal Scotland (used on whisky runs!) 26/12/44]. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN III.

Last updated: 7. June 2025

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