B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39937

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39937
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 728th Bomb Squadron
RCL 9Z-G
MACR 4818
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(12 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39937

Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; ass 728BS/452BG [9Z-G] Deopham Green 3/1/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Harry Homer, Co-Pilot: Chas Canterbury, Navigator: Bob Longenecker, Bombardier: Ed Zell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Carnes (5KIA); Radio Operator: Bill Baumgardner, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Griffith, Waist Gunner: Elmer Michaud, Waist Gunner: Norman Bethune, Tail Gunner: Roy Dickey (5POW); damaged by Enemy aircraft, crash-landed three miles NE of Rudersdorf, Siegen, Germany. MACR 4818.

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