B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39768

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39768
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 367th Bomb Squadron
RCL GY-A
MACR 1575
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(13 December 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-39768

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 9/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/12/43 with Wesley Brinkley, Co-pilot: Chas Mull, Bombardier: Don Dickson, Radio Operator: Fred Kittredge, Ball turret gunner: George Murat, Waist gunner: Stan Rust,Tail gunner: Floyd Younger (7 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bernie Grossman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Landherr, Waist gunner: Frank Cargill (3POW-picked up by German fishing boat); KO’d by flak, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1575.

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