Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 551st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2196
History of
B-17 42-39952
Delivered Long Beach 15/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 27/11/43; MIA Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 Pilot: Bob Morse, Co-Pilot: Van Watson, Navigator: Bruce DeMar, Bombardier: Paul Kite, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Bretschneider, Radio Operator: Dawson Wilson, Ball Turret Gunner: Thelton Britt, Waist Gunner: Vito DeSabado, Waist Gunner: Bob Smart, Tail Gunner: Jesse Morrell (10KIA); mid-air coll w/42-39938 (385BG); crashed North Sea, off Texel, Hol. MACR 2196.
Last updated: 25. November 2018
B-17 42-39952 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-39938 on 03 February 1944.
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