42-39869 Heaven Can Wait

media-19575.jpeg UPL 19575 Flying Fortress B-17G 42-39869 'Heaven Can Wait' 412th BS, 95th BG. 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19575 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-39869 'Heaven Can Wait' 412th BS, 95th BG. 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Long Beach 25/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] Horham 15/10/43; Ball turret gunner: Joe Lintelman (Killed in Action) 18/3/44; 42m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Rich Bannerman, Co-pilot: Wallace Lillo, Navigator: Thomas Sefcik, Bombardier: Irving Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Rashead, Radio Operator: Tom Gopigian, Ball turret gunner: Ray DeYaeger, Waist gunner: Roland Carlson, Waist gunner: Chas Skully,Tail gunner: John Backowski (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dummersdtorf, near Bandelsdorf, six miles SE of Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3806, HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12050909
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Combat Casualty

18 March 1944 Ball turret gunner Sgt Joe Lintelman (Killed in Action) 18/3/44.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Dummerstorf, Germany 11 April 1944 - 11 April 1944 Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Dummersdtorf, near Bandelsdorf, six miles SE of Rostock, Germany. (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR3806

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Corrected spelling of last name - Sefcik

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3806 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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