B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37858

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37858
Allgemein
Hersteller: Boeing
Produktionsblock: , B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 bis 43-37873
Einsatzgeschichte
Bomber-Gruppe: , 487th Bomb Group
Bomber-Staffel: , 836th Bomb Squadron
MACR 10324
Schicksal: , Abschuss durch Flak
(05 November 1944)
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Geschichte der
B-17 43-37858

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 2/7/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Kurt Schwarzin, John Pilcher, Bob Kinney, Jack Oakman, Cyrus Parr, Arthur West, Clifton Rentfro, Bill Stone, Hugh Lamborn (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wittlich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10324.

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B-17 43-37858 Details

Hit by flak over target. Peeled off with no 3 and 4 engines smoking and lost + 3000 ft. altitude. Pilot asked for escort to reach allied lines. The crew later bailed out. The aircraft crashed and burned near Wittlich, 30 km NE or Trier, Germany.

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