Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 524th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WA-B
MACR: 5320
History of
B-17 42-39828 / Penny Ante
Delivered Long Beach 12/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; ass 524BS/379BG [WA-B] Kimbolton 19/11/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Theo Kunda, Co-Pilot: Bob Burton, Navigator: Marvin Swift, Bombardier: Howard Evans, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Pook, Ball Turret Gunner: Tony Tomaselli (6POW); Radio Operator: Leon Flatt, Waist Gunner: George Taylor, Tail Gunner: Russell Vinson (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed on farm at Finow, eight miles SW of Eberswalde, Germany. MACR 5320.
Last updated: 27. November 2018
10. November 2023 access_time 4:13
My grandfather did 28 combat missions on this plane. James E Williams 1923-2003