B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-2635

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2635
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 19th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 30th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Failed to return
(01 November 1942)
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History of
B-17 41-2635

Delivered Lowry 3/3/42; Assigned 30BS&28BS/19BG Hawaii 28/5/42; Missing in Action Buil-Baisi, New Guinea 1/11/42 with John S. Hancock, Co-pilot: Bob Burns, Navigator: Jim Carver, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hiram Wilkinson, Radio Operator: Ed Cipriani, Waist gunner: Mac Groesbeck, Waist gunner: Ray Maxwell, Curtis Longenberger, shot down over Solomon Is crashed on mountain ridge near Milne Bay; human remains and other effects found March 1999, some items returned by native villagers.. (Last combat loss of 19BG).

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