Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 359th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PU-E
MACR: 1674
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.
Last updated: 28. August 2017
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