B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3382

History of
B-17 42-3382

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 7/8/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 12/8/43; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-S] Thurleigh 22/2/44; on training flight9/5/44 with Ralph Clark, Co-pilot: Capt John Kelly, Navigator: Ralph Zimmerman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cpl C.E. Flach, Radio Operator: L.L. Cannon, pass-Capt Wendell Hull, Lts R. Jones, L.J. Folkes, Don Giles and Lt Col Jarvis (UK Home Guard; fire broke out in #2, unable to reach bas crash landed Wilden, Bedfordshire, hit a tree and skidded a long way, but no injuries; (10 Returned to Duty); Tran (Oboe Mk I radar) 813BS/482BG [PC-I] Alconbury 10/5/44; Salvaged 9AAF Stansted /44.

Last updated: 28. July 2017