B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38780

History of
B-17 43-38780

Delivered Lincoln 21 September 1944; Grenier 7 October 1944; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-J] Ridgewell 14 November 1944; Missing in Action 12m Mannheim 11 December 1944 with Pilot Leo Belskis, Co-pilot Glenn C. Vaughn, Navigator James V. Collett, Bombardier Ross W. Perrin Jr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner Walter R. Newman, Ball turret gunner Lynn J. Lauret, Tail gunner Robert P. Rogers (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator Elvis A. McCoy, Right Waist gunner: Durward V. Suggs (2 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 11341. Hit by flak.

Last updated: 27. February 2018