B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39902 / Big Noise

History of
B-17 42-39902 / Big Noise

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 5/1/44; returning from Zwickau 12/5/44 with Bill Denham, (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Clarry Harmon (POW- misunderstood instructions and bailed out early); sal battle damaged 21/9/44, Missing Air Crew Report 4817; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/10/45; 237 BU Kirtland 29/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46. BIG NOISE.

Last updated: 6. January 2018