B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37730

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37730
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-10-DL: 42-37721 to 42-37803
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 381st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 533rd Bomb Squadron
RCL VP-U
MACR 1887
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(11 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-37730

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 20/9/43; Missing in Action {15+m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Gordon Crozier, Co-pilot: Sid Van Ness, Navigator: George Hannon, Bombardier: Albt Monaco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Dideum, Ball turret gunner: Bob Osborne, Waist gunner: Gordon Giddens, Waist gunner: Cliff Easley,Tail gunner: Walt Purnell (9 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: George Balmore (Killed in Action); flak, ship exploded & crashed near Schlagen, eight miles N of Paderborn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1887.

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This page was last updated on 17 August 2017

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