Production-block:
B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 549th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XA-P
MACR: 826
History of
B-17 42-3539 / Michigan Air Force
Delivered Denver 26 July 1943; Dyersburg 9 August 1943; Assigned 550BS/385BG [XA-P] Great Ashfield 3 September 1943. Missing in Action Münster, Germany 10 October 1943. Shot down by enemy aircraft. Was seen at 22,000 feet with No. 2 engine on fire, losing altitude but under control as it veered to the right; then seen to break up. Crashed near the Helhuizenweg, north of Holten, Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 826.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
B-17 42-3539 / Michigan Air Force Details
B-17 42-3539 / Michigan Air Force Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | William B. Whitlow | EVD | - |
| CP | --- | Jim F. Burch | EVD | tragically drowned on 23 December 1943 while escaping with a group of other evaders trying to cross the River Bidassoa, on the Franco-Spanish border. |
| NAV | --- | William D. Fazenbaker | POW | - |
| BOMB | --- | Lloyd A. Stanford | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Willis G. Shaneyfelt | POW | - |
| RO | --- | John T. Ashcraft | EVD | - |
| BT | --- | Thomas M. Ennis | KIA | - |
| WG | --- | Clarence W. Schaumburg | POW | - |
| WG | --- | Howard E. Walker | KIA | - |
| TG | --- | Robert L. Richards | POW | - |
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