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Quelle:
www.486th.org
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 bis 42-98035
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 486th Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 834th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 2S-G
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-98008 / American Beauty
Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 14/6/44; Presque Is 5/7/44; Assigned PFF 834BS/486BG [2S-G] Sudbury 7/7/44; 61m transferred 92BG Podington 7/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. März 2019
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03. März 2023 access_time 21:52
My father in 486th/832nd flew as Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner in this B-17.
27. Februar 2024 access_time 0:03
My stepfather also flew in the plane as top gunner with as best as I can tell Colonel Harry Paynter as pilot. But stepfather seemed to have been in different planes, thinking some needing mechanical work and this was not the plane he was shot down in.