42-39869 Heaven Can Wait
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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Other Combat Casualty |
18 March 1944 | Ball turret gunner Sgt Joe Lintelman (Killed in Action) 18/3/44. | |
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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 |