B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy

B-17 #42-39830 / Berlin Playboyzoom_in

Source:
americanairmuseum.com

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: LN-Y

MACR: 3234

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History of
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy

Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 8/10/43; Missing in Action Munich 18/3/44 with Paul Martin, Co-pilot: Tom Cryan, Navigator: Tom Hughes, Bombardier: Albt Racz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Levi Tonn, Radio Operator: Russ Longdon, Waist gunner: Lonnie Albin, Waist gunner: Veryl Lund,Tail gunner: John Howley (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Dick Faulkner (evaded capture); mid-air coll with 42-37913 (100BG); crashed Frevent, near Haudricourt, 16 miles SW of Poix, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3234. BERLIN PLAYBOY.

Last updated: 19. October 2019

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B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-37913 on 18 March 1944.

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B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Paul A. Martin KIA
CP 1LT Thomas Cryan KIA
BOMB 2LT Albert P. Racz KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Levi G. Tonn KIA
RO T/SGT Russell E. Longdon KIA
BT S/SGT Richard J. Faulkner EVD
WG S/SGT Veryl A. Lund KIA
WG S/SGT Lonnie J. Albin KIA
TG S/SGT John E. Howley KIA

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