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Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 547th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SO-C
Missions: 104
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History of
B-17 42-38013 / Nevada Avenger
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER.
Last updated: 1. November 2017
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06. June 2019 access_time 13:38
I believe the Nevada Avenger to be the plane my uncle William H Sexton while serving as the radio operator was shot down in July 20,1944 and spent the rest of the war as a POW. He never spoke of these events, I just recently discovered this information which was entered as recently as Oct 2018
06. June 2019 access_time 15:09
Your uncle was in this B-17 on July 20th 1944:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-37974-section-8/
12. October 2019 access_time 20:23
My friends father Morton Sapolin was also on the Nevada Avenger as a Radio operator.
13. April 2021 access_time 8:34
My father was the co-pilot on two missions in the Nevada Avenger, January 2 and 3, 1945.
13. April 2021 access_time 8:35
His name was Fiorino “Tony” Cinquanta.
13. April 2021 access_time 17:37
Thank you for these information!
31. August 2021 access_time 2:32
My uncle E. Milton Adelman served as navigator on the Nevada Avenger on 14 missions.