Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-Z
MACR: 3915
History of
B-17 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back
Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; slated 452BG Deopham Green, but transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 21/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 15/3/44 with Capt Roland Knight, Co-pilot: Capt Herb Devore, Capt Roland Knight, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, Ball turret gunner: Nick Delivered Cimmuto, Waist gunner: Darrell Dickinson, Waist gunner: John Barry,Tail gunner: Lt Martin Tashjian (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Burton Joseph, Bombardier: Capt Bob Peel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Longhi (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 and set off flares on board, crashed Watenbuttel, NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3915. MY ACHIN’ BACK!
Last updated: 8. May 2017
B-17 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Roland T. Knight | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | Herbert G. Devore | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Burton M. Joseph | POW | - |
| BOMB | CPT | Robert K Peel | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harrison L. Longhi | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert D. Longworth | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Nicholas Del Cimmuto | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John J. Barry | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Darrell R. Dickenson | KIA | - |
| TG | 1LT | Martin Tashjian | KIA | Observer |
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