B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37720

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37720
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-85-DL: 42-37717 to 42-37720
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 367th Bomb Squadron
RCL GY-N
MACR 823
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(14 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-37720

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Denver 14/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43; hit by enemy aircraft and exploded, broke in half at radio room, crashed Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 823.

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B-17 42-37720 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT Douglas Hayden White KIA
CP 1LT Emil O. Rasmussen, Jr. KIA
BOMB S/SGT George Toney, Jr. KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Gus Riecke KIA
RO T/SGT Joseph C. Bocelli POW
BT S/SGT Francis W. Pulliam KIA
WG S/SGT William R. Earnest KIA
WG S/SGT Charles A. Adams KIA
TG S/SGT Walter D. Sherrill KIA

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