Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-R
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.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
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