Source:
www.351st.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 508th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | YB-K |
| MACR | 877 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (09 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-29868 / Flap Raiser aka The Venus
Delivered Denver 27/2/43; Pueblo 13/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action 21m Anklam 9/10/43 with Joe Turley, Navigator: Bob Coe, Bombardier: Abe Silverman, Radio Operator: Theo Brantz, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Jeanes, Waist gunner: Ray Hammond, Waist gunner: Nelson Harmon,Tail gunner: Bill Trask (8 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Frank Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Curtis (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched Baltic Sea, E of Langeland Island, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 877. FLAP RAISER aka THE VENUS.
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