| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-35-VE: 42-5905 to 42-5954 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 338th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BX-Q, BX-G |
| MACR | 2017 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (04 January 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-5953 / Skin & Bones
Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-Q/G] Snetterton 20/7/43; Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with George Davis, Co-pilot: Lester Guderian, Navigator: Julius Flusche, Bombardier: Hamlin Lowery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kermit Lansrud, Radio Operator: Alphonse Salvagna, Ball turret gunner: John Shue, Waist gunner: Nicholas Tolien, Waist gunner: Jim Golden, Tail gunner: Alex Korolchuk (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30518 approaching target, crashed Gross-Hesepe, between Lingen & Ems, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2017. SKIN & BONES.
B-17 42-5953 / Skin & Bones Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30518, 96th BG, 413th BS (MACR 2016).
This page was last updated on 10 January 2020
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