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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LL-K |
| MACR | 3667 |
| Fate: |
, Crashlanding (11 April 1944) |
| Missions: | 11 |
History of
B-17 42-39929 / Lackin Shankin
Delivered Long Beach 10/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 11m Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Frank Ammann, Co-pilot: Frank Butler, Navigator: Harry Levin, Bombardier: Pat McNulty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Lacorazza, Radio Operator: Frank Bynon, Ball turret gunner: Irvin Kennedy, Waist gunner: Howard Hornick,Tail gunner: Frank Martin, obs-Lt Phillip Heacox 361FG (10INT); flak damaged both outer engines, then was attacked by Me 210, force landed Vollsjo, near Ystad, Swed; (crew secretly released seven months later). Missing Air Crew Report 3667. LACKIN’ SHACKIN’.
B-17 42-39929 / Lackin Shankin Details
“Lackin Shankin”, a B-17G-5-VE with the serial number 42-39929 was on a mission to Stettin on 11th April 1944. Engine no. 1 and no. 4 was damaged by flak. She flew on limping, because the engine no. 2 caused difficulties. The crew decided, that their only chance is neutral Sweden. Almost 20 km from the coast over an area, which they considered to Denmark, they were attacked by a German Me 210. The German aircraft missed the B-17 and fired in a Swedish artillery position. The Swedes shot back and hit the Me 210. “Lackin Shankin” orbited the shot Messerschmitt and headed towards east. When a Swedish warning shot hit the B-17, the crew bailed out with the parachute, except for the pilot Frank Ammon who lookout his B-17 for a place to land. He missed a flower field, made a belly landing finally on a picked field and broke through a stone wall. He got out dazedly, however, he was surprised, as him got clear, that he was nearby Ydstad (Sweden).
This page was last updated on 27 April 2018
22. September 2024 access_time 17:19
You have the name wrong. It was the ‘Lackin Shackin’. My dad (Irvin F. Kennedy) was the ball turret gunner on that plane and we had a model of it in our house for my entire childhood. I remember (when I was about 4 or 5) asking my dad what Lackin shackin meant and he said that it meant that they were ready to fight.