B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37844

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37844
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 561st Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Destroyed on ground
(21 June 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-37844

Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; ass 561BS/388BG [E] Knettishall 10/10/43; on training flight Hethel, 24/11/43 Pilot: Riley Bissonette, Co-Pilot: Clarry Willingham, Navigator: Tom Toolin, (3RTD) pilot failed to extend landing gear; repaired but eventually destroyed on ground by Luftwaffe at Poltava, Russia w/Lt Ramsey 21/7/44; sal.

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