| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 511th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | DS-A |
| MACR | 1717 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 December 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-39778
Delivered Long Beach 30/8/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 5/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-A] Polebrook 18/11/43; {3m} Missing in Action Osnabruck 22/12/43 with Lewis Maginn, Co-pilot: Walter Brooks, Bombardier: Wallace Rufeisen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Shrom, Radio Operator: Boyd Baker (5 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Jim McMorrow, Ball turret gunner: Docite Naseau, Waist gunner: Albt Meyer{washed up four months later on English coast}, Waist gunner: Ed Bucceri,Tail gunner: Clarry Rowlinson (5 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, five rescued by Air Sea Rescue launch. Missing Air Crew Report 1717. LUCKY BALL.
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This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
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