41-2426
Delivered with John Dougherty Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD)* 16-Nov-41; Assigned 43BS/11BG; Missing in Action on recon. flight over Northern Solomon Is. with Major Marion N. Pharr (Sq CO), Co-pilot: Bob Pate, Navigator: Tom Waren, Bombardier: Rich Lehr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Rogers, James Winey, Ray Nebbach, Sam McKee, Edwin Decker. (9KIA?), 7/8/42 [aircraft No.42]. Failed to return.
*(sic) SAD Sacramento Air Depot, California.
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Jun-2015. Appended Model to title (convention used for aircraft that never served in the UK); added Block Number , manufacturer, Edited Description (wrote out acronyms) converted dates to military-style signification per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne. Never served in the UK