B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3229 / Pasadena Nena

History of
B-17 42-3229 / Pasadena Nena

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Justice (evaded capture & returned UK via Gibraltar); Navigator: Pete Battisti, Bombardier: Bill Brothers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McDonough, Radio Operator: Dick Whitlock, Ball turret gunner: Stan Stopa, Waist gunner: Bob Bergendahl, Waist gunner: Harry Hafko (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Shields{body found month later},Tail gunner: Gaetano Sportelli (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 and spun in, crashed De Harskamp military camp, Ede, near Barneveld, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1021. PASADENA NINA.

Last updated: 16. September 2017