B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39816

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39816
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 339th Bomb Squadron
RCL QJ-H
MACR 2013
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(05 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39816

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 14/10/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Gilford Pierce, Co-Pilot: Walt Cookin, Navigator: Murray Bader, Bombardier: Warren Mullins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Heilman, Radio Operator: Francis Driscoll, Ball Turret Gunner: Olen McCormick, Waist Gunner: Edwin Nydlencki, Tail Gunner: Jim Brady (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Norman (POW-picked up by French fishermen but captured when boat entered harbour); Enemy aircraft, crashed Bay of Biscay. MACR 2013.

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