B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39884

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39884

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: ET-N

MACR: 4854 / KSU/ME/KU: 1842

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History of
B-17 42-39884

Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; slated 96BG, but Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-N] Horham 5/11/43; with W.J. Reis 4/3/44 Waist gunner: John Hurley (kia); Missing in Action Zwickau (40m) 12/5/44 with Edwin Yablonski, Co-pilot: Walt Corrigan, Navigator: John Madigan, Bombardier: Val Humme, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Lyon, Waist gunner: Loris Smith, Waist gunner: Paul Newman, Ball turret gunner: Marcus Cullum (8 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Dick Harbeck, Ball turret gunner: Genuvino DiMayo (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Rod an der Weil, six miles NE of Bad Camberg, 20 miles NW of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4854.

Last updated: 28. May 2024

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