B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29984 / Linda Mary

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29984 / Linda Mary
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 381st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 533rd Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Crashlanding, Battle damaged
(21 June 1943)
Missions: 1
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History of
B-17 42-29984 / Linda Mary

Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Oklahoma City 6/4/43; Romulus 12/4/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 16/6/434; battle damaged 1m lost two engines over Antwerp 22/6/43 with Martin Shenk, Co-pilot: Bill Grant, Navigator: Tom Kehley, Bombardier: George Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Shirley Goucher, Radio Operator: John Sinclair, Ball turret gunner: George Bardsley, Waist gunner: Chas Brinton WIA, died of wounds 25/6/43, Waist gunner: Mitch LaBuda,Tail gunner: Jim Sloan (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Framlingham, Sfk, with three major and three minor, injuries; Salvaged. LINDA MARY.

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This page was last updated on 12 November 2018

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