42-3490
This is 42-3490 after conversion to a Swedish airliner. Here it was running medical missions to Africa
Object Number - UPL 15900 - B-17F 42-3490 in Ethiopia 1948
Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-F] 549BS/385BG [XA-] Alconbury 20/8/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Matt Totter, Bill Lynch, Ernie Ven Der Heyden, Albt Strahle, Warren Rissmiller, Walter Lynch, Roy Rayle, John Ranz, Craig Lewis, Bob Stafford (10INT); force landed Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 5919. Became Swedish air-liner SE-BAN; Written off 10/1948.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60144
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Denver, CO | 11 July 1943 | |
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Assigned |
RAF Alconbury | 20 August 1943 | 385BG 549BS |
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Other Interned |
Malmo, Sweden | 21 June 1944 | A/C 42-3490 was noted to be having difficulty throughtout the penetration in keeping up with the formation. It was lagging to such extent that it joined the wing that was following. No indication of any trouble other than that previously mentioned appeared. All engines were in operation when it was last sighted joining the formation of another wing and no chutes were seen to leave this aircraft. hree engines had been knocked out by flack. Totter and crew managed to make it to Bulltofta airfield near Malmö, Sweden. The crew was Interned till November 1944. 42-3490 was then repaired and taken to Stockholm and traded to the Swedish government along with eight other B-17's for $1 and the release of American airmen interned in Sweden. Saab then converted the aircraft to an airliner (SE-BAN) which was in service till 1948. At some point later it was scrapped. Parts of 42-3490 are stored at the Arlanda Flight Museum in Stockholm. |
Revisions
Unit and station assignments from existing information on page.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5919 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
