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Source:
AAF Still Photo Collection
Production-block:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 748th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: M
MACR: 7829
History of
B-17 42-97087 / Tujunga!
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 1/3/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [M] Glatton 2/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Byron Schiffman, Co-pilot: Bill Barton, Navigator: Irving Cohen (3 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Finn Firing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Westwood, Radio Operator: Nathan Mostow, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Epley, Waist gunner: John Wilkerson, Waist gunner: Alf Kunz,Tail gunner: Vernon Nelson (7 Killed in Action); flak, spiralled down before exploding, crashed Perlach, SE of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7829. TUJUNGA !
Last updated: 23. February 2021
B-17 42-97087 / Tujunga! Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Byron S. Schiffman | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | William L. Barton | POW | - |
| NAV | F/O | Irving J. Cohen | POW | - |
| BOMB | F/O | Finn Firing | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | Joseph R. Westwood | KIA | - |
| RO | --- | Nathaniel Mostow | KIA | - |
| BT | --- | Welbur L. Epley | KIA | - |
| WG | --- | John R. Wilkerson | KIA | - |
| WG | --- | Aflred Kunz | KIA | - |
| TG | --- | Vernon A. Nelson | KIA | - |
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