B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39791 / Fletcher’s Castoria

History of
B-17 42-39791 / Fletcher’s Castoria

Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Gr Island 21/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; crashed on take off on non operation flight 3/12/43 with Martin Tashjian{inj}, Co-pilot: Bill Fletcher, Navigator: Floyd Hartman{inj}, Bombardier: Bennie Epstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Douglas{inj}, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth{inj}, g-Jim Whitton, g-George Reid, pass-Lt John Dutka{inj} (9 Returned to Duty); sal 10/12/43. FLETCHER’S CASTORIA.

Last updated: 30. October 2017