B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31970 / Bertha the Blues

History of
B-17 42-31970 / Bertha the Blues

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Savannah 22/1/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR- ] Thorpe Abbotts 3/2/44; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/3/44 with Capt Bob Lohof, Co-pilot: Capt Gerry Putnam, Navigator: Bill Vaden, Bombardier: Paul Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Goldenburg, Radio Operator: Guy Brown, Ball turret gunner: Vern Lines, Waist gunner: Jim Butler, Waist gunner: Rich David (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: George Briggs{died of unknown illness 11/4/45} (Killed in Service); battle damaged, crashed Peissen, six miles N of Itzhoe/Holstein, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3022. BERTHA THE BLUES.

Last updated: 22. December 2017

B-17 42-31970 / Bertha the Blues Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-39817 ‘Murderer’s Row’ on 3 March 1944.