Den 2. oktober 1943 var B17 42-5260 på bombetogt mod Emden (her).

Da flyet kl. 16.10 passerede de østfrisiske øer, eksploderede det i luften (måske omkring her).
Hele besætningen på 10 mand og en fotograf omkom.
Et af de omkomne besætningsmedlemmer, S/Sgt H. F. Gibney Jr. blev begravet i Esbjerg den 3. december 1943. (Kilde FAF)

2nd Lt (Pilot) Paul S. Tippet har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: Mission Report) 
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
Han kom i tjeneste fra Kansas. Hæderstegn: Air Medal med 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

Se Tegning af besætningen på en B-17 * Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner * B-17 Flyvende Fæstning. 11 flyvere.

On 2 October 1943 B17 42-5260 was on a bombing raid on Emden (here).

At 16.10 hours, when the plane passed the Ostfrisian Islands, it exploded in the air (maybe about here).
The crew of 10 airmen and a photographer perished.
One of the perished crew members, S/Sgt H. F. Gibney Jr. was buried in Esbjerg on 3 December 1943. (Source: FAF)

2nd Lt (Pilot) Paul S. Tippet has no known grave. (Source: Mission Report)
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
He entered the Service from Kansas. Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

See Drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.

This B-17 belonged to 360 BS, 303 BG, 41 CBW, 1 BD, 8 AF of USAAF. It took off from RAF Molesworth - USAAF Station 107.
See 303rd Bomb Group Heavy with a Mission Report No. 073 of Oct 2, 1943 about this crew. 11 airmen.