42-39873 IY-Q Stormy Weather

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Serial No: 42-39873
Model: B-17G-5-VE
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA
Delivered: 09/26/1943
Assigned: 10/26/1943
Lost: 08/01/1944
Mission Lost: Chartres (#120)
How Lost: Missing In Action
Notes: Involved in a mid-air collision with 43-37859 after being hit by flak.

Recorded Missions

#DateMissionCrew
112/05/1943 Paris (#3) William A. Holland Crew #1
202/11/1944 Frankfurt (#23) Paul E. Campbell Crew #1
302/20/1944 Leipzig (#24) Vincent J. Kaminski Crew #1
402/21/1944 Lippstadt (#25) G. (io) C. Byrd Crew #1
502/24/1944 Schweinfurt (#27) Edwin A. Post Crew #1
603/22/1944 Berlin (#41) Paul E. Campbell Crew #1
703/26/1944 Watten (#44) Stuart E. Smith Crew #1
807/04/1944 Saumur (#102) William B. Huegin Crew #1
907/11/1944 Munich (#107) William B. Huegin Crew #1
1007/19/1944 Augsburg (#112) James F. Risher Crew #1
1107/25/1944 Saint-Lo (#116) Gerald J. Melofchik Crew #1
1207/28/1944 Merseburg (#117) Charles W. Stegemann Crew #1
1307/29/1944 Merseburg (#118) Paul J. Sullivan Crew #1
1407/31/1944 Munich (#119) Gerald J. Melofchik Crew #1
1508/01/1944 Chartres (#120) Gerald J. Melofchik Crew #1