Production-block:
B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 93rd Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 42-5798
Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 12/3/43; Morrison 19/4/43; with Bill Sauer, force landed on salt flats 32 miles SE of base, TX 30/5/43.
Last updated: 20. June 2021
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B-17 42-5798 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | William J. Sauer | UNK | - |
23. February 2018 access_time 5:56
Ref: B-17 # 42-5798 This B-17 hit a mountain top 32 mi SE of Salt Flats, Tx. completely destroyed by fire, I have pictures of crash site. How do I know this, my dad was on this aircraft 5-30-1943, #5798 was on a training mission flying out of Pyote Air Base, Tx. All aboard were killed. (11)
23. February 2018 access_time 6:21
Thank you for this information!
10. March 2018 access_time 1:19
my father was the tailgunner on little chum with your father
10. March 2018 access_time 1:20
his name paul breitenstine
31. August 2023 access_time 13:25
Apparently Paul Breitenstine was not aboard when the crash of 42-5798 occurred on 30/05/43 because his name is not on the casualty list On the other hand, the remains of Cpl. Julius B. Wilkerson, flight engineer, together with the other ten crewmembers, were recovered at the Guadalupe Mountains, 32 miles SE of Salt Flats, TX. There is a lot of confusion about this B-17F’s serial number on the internet and in the Netherlands ( B-17 crash near Bennekom/Wageningen on July 28, 1943). But the casualty list in this crash seems to confirm the serial number 42-5798.