B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30020 / Sweet Eloise

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 381st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 532nd Bomb Squadron
RCL VE-N
Fate: , Crashlanding
(10 July 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30020 / Sweet Eloise

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Jack Painter, Co-Pilot: Everett Ragan, Navigator: Bill Keays, Bombardier: Lloyd Duke, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Kowalski, Radio Operator: Bill Balentine, etTail Gunner: Ray Genz, ro-Allen Kellogg, Waist Gunner: Norman Whitman, Waist Gunner: Jim Mizell (10RTD); on ferry trip from Bovingdon crash-landed base, pilot retracted landing gear instead flaps 10/6/43; Salvaged. AFSC 16/6/43 (first loss in group). SWEET ELOISE.

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