B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37839

History of
B-17 43-37839

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 18/6/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 3/7/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 5/8/44 with Bert Scott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Maltbie (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Elmore Harvey, Navigator: Edward J Konopack, Bombardier: Dan Sullivan, Radio Operator: Bealer Moore, Ball turret gunner: Dick Goff, Waist gunner: Jim Rakosnik,Tail gunner: John Eschbach (7 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed on afd near Gerwisch and Biederitz, NE of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7879.

Last updated: 2. October 2017