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Source:
https://390th.org
Production-block:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 571st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: FC-R
MACR: 3720
History of
B-17 42-5903 / Ascend Charlie
Delivered Long Beach 6/5/43; Denver 13/5/43; Geiger 23/6/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 29/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 14/7/43; sustained battle damage over Bordeaux 16/9/43 with Herb Turner, Co-pilot: Fred Broers, Navigator: Bob Schanen, Bombardier: Orval Tofte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sherman Rambo, Radio Operator: Philip Catania, Ball turret gunner: Swen Zetterberg, Waist gunner: Stan Mason, Waist gunner: John Peterson,Tail gunner: Alf Monson (10 Killed in Action); crashed Crickhowell, near Abergavenny, Wales. Salvaged 24/9/43. Missing Air Crew Report 3720. ASCEND CHARLIE.
Last updated: 25. May 2018
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