B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30772

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30772
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 379th Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 323rd Bomb Squadron, 524th Bomb Squadron
RCL WA-R, OR-V
MACR 895
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(09 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30772

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-R] Kimbolton 31/8/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 23/9/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Tom Walsh, Co-pilot: Chas Hull, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Jaskiewicz, Radio Operator: George Frank, Ball turret gunner: Harry Goldberger, Waist gunner: T. Frazier, Waist gunner: Bob Robinson,Tail gunner: Dave Bakerbody washed up 4/2/44 (8 Killed in Action), Navigator: Harry Cliffe, Bombardier: Jim Fullerton (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea N of Keil, 20 miles from Danish coast. Missing Air Crew Report 895.

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This page was last updated on 13 April 2018

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