| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 359th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-E |
| MACR | 1674 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (30 December 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-39795 / Ladies Home Companion
Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [PU-E] Molesworth 18/10/43; 7m Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Bill Osborn, Co-pilot: Jack Jernigan, Navigator: Ed Cobb, Radio Operator: George Daniel, Waist gunner: Earl Wolfe, Waist gunner: Vincent Reesekilled 22/4/44 in escape attempt (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Lyle Fitzgerald,Tail gunner: Larry Evans (2 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Nelson Campbell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Wolff (2 evaded capture); Enemy aircraft, crash landed Froid Chapelle, 18 miles S of Charleroi, Belgium Missing Air Crew Report 1674. LADIES (WOMEN’S) HOME COMPANION.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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