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Source:
americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-Y
MACR: 3234
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
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-37913 on 18 March 1944.
B-17 42-39830 / Berlin Playboy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Paul A. Martin | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Thomas Cryan | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Tom F. Hughes | 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 | - |
22. November 2022 access_time 15:35
You should list the crew previous to the Paul A. Martin crew. The photo you have is George Gough Crew who completed their tour before the playboy going to Paul.