B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37893 / Bam Bam

Delivered Denver 5/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-O] Molesworth 18/11/43; Crashed on take off for Nantes 10/6/44, with Sam Oliver, Co-pilot: Stan Shankweiler, Radio Operator: John Kissling,Ball turret gunner: Francis Russell, Waist gunner: Americo Imbrogno, Waist gunner: Bob Scalco (6 Killed in Service); Navigator: Earl Metko, Bombardier: Harry Chapple, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Whitney Haskell,Tail gunner: Wayne Humphries (4 Returned to Duty); aircraft went into a dive then a spin, followed by bomb load exploding, blowing off tail, crashed Gt Gidding, Hunts. UK; Salvaged 2 SAD. BAM BAM.