B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3158 / Max

History of
B-17 42-3158 / Max

Delivered Denver 6/3/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y] Molesworth 2/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 29/4/44 with Jim Fisher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gus Johnson[body recovered from lake 20/5/44] (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: George Franzen, Navigator: Harry Kauffman, Bombardier: S/Sgt Ed Helton, Radio Operator: Don Duncan, Ball turret gunner: Bob Eklund, Waist gunner: Henry Hoff, Waist gunner: Irving Bellitt,Tail gunner: Joe Tereck (8 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, ship then exploded, crashed in Schwielowsee, W of Caputh, SW of Berlin=Potsdam road, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4471. MAX.

Last updated: 7. October 2017