B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39934 / My Achin’ Back

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: LN-Z

MACR: 3915

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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

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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
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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