Production-block:
B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 487th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 839th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: R5-E
MACR: 11734
History of
B-17 42-98013
Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 30/6/44; 839BS [R5-E]; Missing in Action Magdeburg 14/1/45 with Clem Kochczynski, Steve Hunter, Roy Seeger, Gene Haulott (4 Killed in Action); Loren Crandell, Tom Clark, Frank Scott, Bill Achondo, Bill Peak (5 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-37933 (487BG); crashed Ventschow, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11734.
Last updated: 30. May 2017
B-17 42-98013 Details
Mid air collision with B-17 #43-37933 ‘Yankee Maid’
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