B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39927 / The Skillet

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39927 / The Skillet
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 570th Bomb Squadron
RCL DI-R
Fate: , Returned to the USA
(05 July 1945)
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History of
B-17 42-39927 / The Skillet

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; ass 570BS/390BG [DI-R] Framlingham 11/11/43; sustained severe battle damage on mission late 1943, crash-landed at US fighter base at Wormingford, Essex, but repaired and returned to operations; Returned to US: Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 12/9/45; Scrapped: Kingman 16/11/45. THE SKILLET.

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