B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38051

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38051
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 to 43-38073
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 490th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 848th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(13 August 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-38051

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned: 848BS/490BG Eye 28/7/44; on assembly for training mission 11/8/44 Pilot: Capt Norman Cosby, Co-Pilot: Maj Henry Peterson, Bombardier: Andy Korothy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Bristow, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Hoban, obs-Lt Elmer Crowder (6RTD); Navigator: Dominic Pulli, Radio Operator: Ken Bagnell, Waist Gunner: Larrey Barnett, Waist Gunner: Milton Rayberg (4KIA); coll w/43-37618 (490BG) crash-landed Roydon, Nfk, UK; Salvaged. 14/8/44.

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B-17 43-38051 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-37618 on 13 August 1944.

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This page was last updated on 08 April 2019

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