| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 508th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | YB-C |
| MACR | 1937 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (11 January 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-39905
Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 2/1/44; {2m} Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Tom Garner, Co-pilot: Ed Hodgson, Navigator: Tony Diprima, Bombardier: Albt LaShier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Pyles, Radio Operator: Bruce Warden, Waist gunner: Keith Commins, Waist gunner: Bill Hefferman (8 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Erwin Huggett,Tail gunner: Ralph Foster (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed NW of Weissenborn, 25 miles E of Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1937.
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