B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31186

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31186
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 709th Bomb Squadron
MACR 2889
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(28 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31186

Delivered Cheyenne 28/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; MIA Pas de Calais 28/2/44 Pilot: Chas Harris, Co-Pilot: Roy Dutton, Navigator: Alf Kleinrath, Bombardier: Oliver Griffith, Radio Operator: Manas Manasian, Ball Turret Gunner: Harry Hand, Waist Gunner: Walt Larson, Waist Gunner: Larry Shiveley, Tail Gunner: Harry Fenton (9POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Towle (EVD-ret UK by 9/9/44); severe flak damage, crashed between Hericourt & Blangerval-Blangemont, five miles SW of St Pol, Fr. MACR 2889.

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