B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38136

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38136
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 401st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 615th Bomb Squadron
RCL IY-G
MACR 2743
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(06 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-38136

Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenethorpe 23/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Claude Kolb, Co-pilot: Emmett Sutton, Navigator: Ralph Edel, Bombardier: Ed Jones{lost some toes through frostbite}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Webb, Radio Operator: Ed Wallach, Ball turret gunner: Bill Camfron, Waist gunner: Luther Raymer, Waist gunner: Clarry Connelly,Tail gunner: Leo Podlasek (10 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft, crashed Biesow, E of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2743.

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B-17 42-38136 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Claude M. Kolb POW
CP 2LT Emmett S. Sutton POW
BOMB 2LT Edward C. Jones POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Fred H. Webb POW
RO S/SGT Edward Wallach POW
BT S/SGT William C. Cameron POW
WG SGT Luther A. Raymer POW
WG SGT Clarence S. Conerty POW
TG SGT Leo A. Podlasek POW

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