B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8315 / Maidens Prayer aka I’ll Be Around

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8315 / Maidens Prayer aka I’ll Be Around
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Hersteller: Lockheed/Vega
Produktionsblock: , B-17G-60-VE: 44-8301 bis 44-8400
Einsatzgeschichte
Bomber-Gruppe: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomber-Staffel: , 568th Bomb Squadron
RCL BI-P
Schicksal: , Im Einsatz beschädigt
(18 September 1944)
Einsätze: 64
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B-17 44-8315 / Maidens Prayer aka I’ll Be Around

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-P] Framlingham 24/8/44 I’LL BE AROUND; attacked by Enemy aircraft on 18/9/44 mission to Warsaw. Severe battle damage, most instruments out and #1 supercharger, Hibbard KIA, Underwood & Stovall WIA. Ground crew chief repairs cables to enable CP to fly to mirogod, Russia until repaired and back to base. Returned to US: Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 4/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 25/11/45. MAIDEN’S PRAYER.

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B-17 44-8315 / Maidens Prayer aka I’ll Be Around Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P --- Paul R. Hibbard KIA
CP --- James R. O'Neil RTD
BOMB --- Jack H. Edwards RTD
ENG/TT --- Raymond C. Foppiano RTD
RO --- Lester H. Baumgarte RTD
BT --- George R. Waite RTD
WG --- William L. Fletcher RTD
TG --- Robert E. Underwood WIA
PASS --- Harold B. Blumberg RTD

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