Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 7820
Missions: 60
History of
B-17 42-39866 / Heaven Can Wait
Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Presque Is 14/10/43; ass 563BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Merseburg 29/7/44 Pilot: Russell Boyce, Jack Graves, Calvin Leitz, John Turpen, Norman Hubbert, Ken Erneste, Alf Japhen (7KIA); Darrell Hornsby, Emmett Lawless (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Bottendorf, Germany. MACR 7820.
Last updated: 17. December 2019
B-17 42-39866 / Heaven Can Wait Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Russell Crosby Boyce | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Darrel Deede Hornsby | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Emmett Anthony Lawless Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Jack Graves | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Alfred Kapp Japhet | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | John Claude Turpen | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Kenneth Horace Ernster | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Calvin Edward Leitz | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Norman Victor Hubbert | KIA | - |
17. December 2019 access_time 19:48
B-17 #42-39866 / Heaven Can Wait
Enemy aircraft, crashed Bottendorf 51°18´55 North, 11°25´09 east neighborhood Rossleben Germany, Not Rottendorf, Germany.
greetings and merry christmas
Frank Hoffmann
17. December 2019 access_time 19:53
Thank you.
Updated to “crashed Bottendorf”