B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31622

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 97th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 414th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6374
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(24 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31622

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Oklahoma City 30/12/43; Scott 8/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Morrison 10/1/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 22/1/44; mid air coll with 42-30405 on Steyr mission 24/3/44; takes tail of ‘405, and returns base; repaired, but re-ass cargo ship from 9/10/44; Salvaged 30/5/45.

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B-17 42-31622 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30405 on 24.March 1944 but returned to base. Tail gunner wounded and died next day. No MACR.

MACR 6374 for an mission on 22 June 1944. Aircraft not lost.

 

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B-17 42-31622 Crew

Position Rank Name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) Status Note
P --- Jack DeHaas UNK
TG SGT Anthony J. Vigilante KIA Died of wounds next day

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