B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8177

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8177
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-VE: 44-8101 to 44-8200
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 333rd Bomb Squadron
RCL TS-O
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(30 November 1944)
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History of
B-17 44-8177

Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 23/7/44; Dow Fd 27/8/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-O] Rougham 30/8/44; mid air coll Pilot: 42-97985 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44 w/Neil Pratt, Co-Pilot: HQ officer ‘; Ex-nav-Bill Brallier, Navigator: Francis McClellan, Bombardier: Bob Smith, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Miller, Radio Operator: Paul Kane, Ball Turret Gunner: Junior McCarty, Waist Gunner: Ervine Patterson, Tail Gunner: Lt Norman Hochberg (10KIA); crash-landed near base but repaired. Returned to US: Morrison 20/10/45; Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

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B-17 44-8177 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-97985 on 30 November 1944.

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This page was last updated on 13 February 2019

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