Production-block:
B-17F-40-BO: 42-5150 to 42-5249
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 526th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-5152
Delivered Cheyenne 2/20/42; Assigned 526BS/379BG Wendover 15/12/42; t/o for navigation exercise but met bad weather and crashed into East Humbolt Mts near Elko, Nv on 2/1/43: with Cyril Casey, Ray Hochheimer, Cliff Elliott, Art Kelly, Mike DiSalvo, Alex Johnson, Seymour Sonkin, Byron Olson, Lowell Stoner, Jim Karnspon all Killed in Service . Written off 12/1/43, but not found until 24/6/43.
Last updated: 10. April 2018
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