B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37872

History of
B-17 42-37872

Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Dick Huff, Co-pilot: Bill Brooks, Navigator: Angelo Landolfo, Bombardier: Bill Boggess, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dan Zullo, Radio Operator: Millard Patterson, Ball turret gunner: Paul Eberhardt (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Joe Luxenberger, Waist gunner: Ernie Thorgren,Tail gunner: Karl Shockley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bassin d’Arcachon, near Gujan on Bay of Biscay, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1688.

Last updated: 27. July 2018