Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 615th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2505
History of
B-17 42-39893
Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44; enemy aircraft KO’d #4 and set fire to bomb bay, ship disintegrated in mid-air crashed ten miles S of Oschersleben; Missing Air Crew Report 2505.
Last updated: 17. August 2017
B-17 42-39893 Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 2LT | Donald C. Sprecher | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | Zaven N. Masoomian | POW | - |
NAV | 2LT | Kenneth W. Tinkelpaugh | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Glen A. Weiss | POW | - |
ENG/TT | S/SGT | Ole Andersen | POW | - |
RO | S/SGT | Robert E. Allen | POW | - |
BT | SGT | Donald W. Smart | POW | - |
WG | SGT | Raymond G. Vindhurst | POW | - |
WG | SGT | Charles R. Schmader | KIA | - |
TG | SGT | James R. White | KIA | - |
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