42-38066 / Marishka | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 #42-38066 / Marishka — **Source:**
www.fold3.com

Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083

Manufacturer:
Douglas

Fate:

Missions: 98

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History of
B-17 42-38066 / Marishka

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Dallas 21/12/43; Savannah 30/12/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 29/1/44; on mission to Steyr, Aus, 2/4/44 with ? , O’Connor (Killed in Action), Martin & Jost (2WIA); {98m} transferred 32BS/301BG Lucera 2/45; sal 1/8/45. MARISHKA.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)

Last updated: 15. August 2022

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B-17 42-38066 / Marishka Details

Pilot on mission to Steyr, Austria on 02 April 1944 was Earl W. Martin. Full crew list for 02 April 1944 see below. The Earl W. Martin crew failed to return from mission on 13 April 1944 with B-17 #42-97346.

Lt. James L. Russell is the second from left in the front row. Photo by Mike Russell

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B-17 42-38066 / Marishka Crew

Position	Rank	Name	Status	Note
P	---	Earl W. Martin	WIA	-
CP	---	George J. Jost	WIA	-
NAV	---	Robert H. O'Connor	KIA	-
BOMB	---	Lowell W. Hamm	UNK	-
ENG/TT	---	Raymond R. Howarth	UNK	-
RO	---	Thomas B. Watkins	UNK	-
BT	---	David M. Cuniff	UNK	-
WG	---	Franklin H. Cowens	UNK	-
WG	---	Russell Durfee	UNK	-
TG	---	Frank J. Pyzyanowski	UNK	-

Mark D. Smith
24. August 2020 17:28

My Dad, cpl. F.Eugene Smith, painted the nose art on this aircraft. When the war began, he was in second year study of design at Cleveland Institute of Art, in Cleveland. Any more information available on this aircraft would really be appreciated, especially an image of the port side nose art. Marishka was the name of pilot Earl Martin’s fiancee.