B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31529

History of
B-17 42-31529

Delivered Denver 19/11/43; Gt Falls 20/11/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 8/1/44; New Castle 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-N] Podington 23/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Earl Howard, Co-pilot: Glen Filberth, Navigator: Bill Lagarde, Bombardier: Gene Maginn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marvin Russell, Radio Operator: Joe Oklak, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Murchison, Waist gunner: Levi Burns, Waist gunner: Hubert Matlock,Tail gunner: Vic Wells (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #1, crew bailed, ship flew on and crashed Augenstein Mountain, near Lochamer Wand, eight miles SW of Weissbach, near Austro/Ger border; Missing Air Crew Report 4146.

Last updated: 6. August 2017