B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30708

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30708

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: PY-L

MACR: 845

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History of
B-17 42-30708

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gore 16/7/43; Kearney 8/8/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-L/J] Alconbury 31/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Byrne*, Radio Operator: John Carr*, Ball turret gunner: Tony Gerhard (3KIA-*bodies never recovered), Co-pilot: Clyde Fairchild, Navigator: Bob McCarthy, Bombardier: George Reynard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Fisher, Waist gunner: Ernie Raines, Waist gunner: Jack Pumphrey,Tail gunner: John Krupinski (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 845.

Last updated: 10. July 2017

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