B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31787

History of
B-17 42-31787

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt falls 20/12/43; Denver 26/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 4/2/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Howard Worster, Co-Pilot: Chas Manuel, Navigator: Ray Stroben, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Wagner, Radio Operator: Bernie Kelly, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Maltby, Waist Gunner: Sam Riccio, Waist Gunner: Melvin Click, Tail Gunner: Vernon Burke (9KIA); tog-Bob Pellman (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed in forest two miles W of Langerhein, near Ziegenberg, six miles W of Bad Nauheim, Germany. MACR 4879.

Last updated: 26. December 2018