B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8790

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B-17 44-8790

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Grenier 4/2/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-V] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/45; [71m] crash landed after local night flight 12/5/45 with Wade Pratt, Co-pilot: Harry Wintoul, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Scott, Radio Operator: Vince Ferranco, Ball turret gunner: Bob Guidi (5WIS); Navigator: Jim Brand (Killed in Service); rest ? ; #3 engine siezed up, crash landed NW of base on Diss-Attleborough road; Salvaged n/battle damaged 12/5/45.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Oktober 2017