B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-32034

History of
B-17 42-32034

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-W] Podington 20/2/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with John Rapp, Co-pilot: Don Burton, Navigator: Francis Lunney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alby Gatlin, Radio Operator: Borden Lindsay{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Fred Baker{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Gene Taggart (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bob Sandrock, Ball turret gunner: Earl Flannery, Waist gunner: Maurice Tench (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Rasdorf-Nord, 15 miles NW of Cloppenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2759 (?8).

Last updated: 20. July 2017