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Source:
www.388bg.info
Production-block:
B-17F-35-VE: 42-5905 to 42-5954
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 563rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3120
History of
B-17 42-5907 / Wing and a Prayer
Delivered Long Beach 29/4/43; Sioux City 19/5/43; Smoky Hill 3/6/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 11/6/43; Missing in Action Westrow 25/7/43 with Warren Fuller{body washed up on a Denmark beach 10/9/43}, Co-pilot: Tom Scanlon, Navigator: Frank Haminski, Bombardier: Bill Ritchie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul LeBrun, Radio Operator: Hector Watson, Ball turret gunner: Lacy Collinsworth, Waist gunner: Mike Lattieri, Waist gunner: Arthur Boyd,Tail gunner: Warren McClure (10 Killed in Action); ditched off Sylt Is in Baltic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 3120. WING AND A PRAYER.
Last updated: 25. January 2018
B-17 42-5907 / Wing and a Prayer Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Warren Hathaway Fuller | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Thomas Joseph Scanlon | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Frank Walter Kaminski | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | William Howard Ritchie | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Paul Lawrence Le Brun | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Hector Murray Watson | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Lacy Collinsworth | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Michael Joseph Lattieri | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Arthur Sidney Boyd | KIA | - |
| TG | T/SGT | Warren H. McClure | KIA | - |
17. March 2024 access_time 11:33
The B-17 in the photo isn’t a Vega. It is more likely B-17F-95-BO 42-30238 also with the 388BG and known as ‘Wing and a Prayer’.
16. August 2025 access_time 18:59
I concur with Ross Smith in that this is not a Vega F-35-VE. Furthermore I also suggest that this Seattle built F-B0 circa mid-block 90 or higher. And that the 385th, 388th & 390th BGs deployed overseas with may G-BO in block range this a/c represent.
so in summary, Rose’s recommended alternative identification is a very good one.