Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 730th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2537
History of
B-17 42-39961 / Bad Check
Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; ass 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Walt Triska, Co-Pilot: John Symank, Navigator: Lee Mitchell, Bombardier: Warren Heim, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Schultz, Radio Operator: Jim McNeil, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Spieler, Waist Gunner: Bill Jeffries, Waist Gunner: Virgil Cast (9POW); Tail Gunner: Lew Haas (POW; mid-air coll w/42-31318 (452BG), crashed Hemsloher Bruch, near Diepholz, Germany. MACR 2537.
Last updated: 19. June 2018
B-17 42-39961 / Bad Check Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-31318 Belle of Broadway on 10 February 1944.
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