Source:
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 533rd Bomb Squadron, 535th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VP-W, MS-W |
| MACR | 5385 |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (30 May 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-40017 / Assend aka Me and My Gal aka Miasses Dragon
Delivered Long Beach 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 5/1/44 as ASSEND, re-named MIASSES DRAGON; Transferred: 535BS [MS-W]; lost #2 on return from Dessau 30/5/44 Pilot: Howard Yates, Navigator: Earl Reno, b/g-Sgt Paula Van Derzee, Radio Operator: Ron Founds, Ball Turret Gunner: Chester Erringer, Waist Gunner: Bob Cantor, Tail Gunner: Morton Ex (7RTD); Co-Pilot: Bob Klutho (POW- baled thinking control was lost); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Dixon (KIA) MACR 5385; sal in Europe 14/3/45. ME AND MY GAL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-40017 / Assend aka Me and My Gal aka Miasses Dragon Details
B-17G #42-40017 – replacing engine #2
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