B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37748

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37748
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-10-DL: 42-37721 to 42-37803
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 418th Bomb Squadron
RCL LD-V
MACR 1156
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(05 November 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-37748

Delivered Tulsa 16/8/43; Gr Island 24/9/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-V] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Tom Martin, Co-pilot: Jim Kennemer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Arnett, Radio Operator: Don Allwine, Ball turret gunner: Cosmas Braun, Waist gunner: Merritt Gillespie, Waist gunner: Dave Davis,Tail gunner: Laverne Clarke (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim McCurley, Bombardier: Joe Murphy (2 evaded capture); flak, on return ditched English Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 1156.

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