Production-block:
B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 490th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 849th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 43-37894 / Big Poison
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 1/7/44; on assembly for Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: John Hedgecock, Co-Pilot: Eaden Whiteman, Navigator: John Roschen, Bombardier: Albt Elias, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jake Zuckerman, Radio Operator: Art Fleischer, Waist Gunner: Pete Nicoliasen, Tail Gunner: Paul Estep (8RTD with minor injuries); Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Tijan (KIA); mid-air coll w/43-37806; crashed Prickwillow, Sfk, UK; crews bailed, two civilians also killed and three injured. (‘landing accident at base w/Jim Owens 15/5/45’) Salvaged. BIG POISON.
Last updated: 5. January 2019
B-17 43-37894 / Big Poison Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-37806 Miss Fortune on 06 February 1945.
06. May 2024 access_time 15:40
My uncle was Ed Tijan who was killed in action on this mission. My father, Emil Tijan, is Ed’s younger brother and is still living. Please contact me if you are a relative of any other of the men on either of these B-17’s that collided. 43-37894 or 43-37806.