B-17G-15-DL 42-37870
Delivered Denver 25/9/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; transferred 333BS/94BG [TS-R] Rougham 3/11/43; then transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 23/11/43
No missions flown with the 447th BG
Missing in Action Kiel 22/5/44 with Bob Rippstein, Navigator: Bill Fagan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Rhodes (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Colton, Bombardier: Locke McClure, Radio Operator: Roland Courcy, Ball turret gunner: Emil Went, Waist gunner: Ken Nason, Waist gunner: Bill Isenhour,Tail gunner: Dick Hobbs (7 Killed in Action); flak direct hit, crashed Kiel-Ellerbeck navy depot; Missing Air Crew Report 4950. PALMA II.
42-37870 with the 305th BG wearing the name Palma II after crash-landing on the 30 January 1944.
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