B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39905

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39905

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: YB-C

MACR: 1937

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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.

Last updated: 17. August 2017

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