B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31698

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31698
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 381st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 533rd Bomb Squadron
RCL VP-N
MACR 5319
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(24 May 1944)
Missions: 30+
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History of
B-17 42-31698

Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Gt Falls 8/12/43; Cheyenne 28/12/43; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-N] Ridgewell 23/2/44; Missing in Action {30+m} Berlin 24/5/44 with Clarry Wainwright, Navigator: Harry Dorn, Bombardier: Jim Counts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Kennedy, Ball turret gunner: Warren Hoga, Radio Operator: Chas Kruger, Waist gunner: T.J. Stephens (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Howard Latton,Tail gunner: Floyd Nalley (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hits blew right wing off then exploded, crashed near Tempelfelde, nine miles SW of Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5319.

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