B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39849

History of
B-17 42-39849

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 19/10/43 ass 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; Transferred: 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 18/11/43; MIA {24m} Berlin 22/3/44 Pilot: Wyman Slosson{kept ship going so crew could bale out}, Tail Gunner: Warren Beahr (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Dave Smithline, Navigator: Joe Daugherty, Bombardier: Jim Higgins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Green, Radio Operator: Ed DeMatteo, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Power, Waist Gunner: Verlyn Brown, Waist Gunner: Emette Highland (8POW); flak, crashed Altlandsberg, Oberbarnim, , due E of Berlin, Germany. MACR 3314.

Last updated: 1. March 2018