B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30081 / USS Aliquippa aka Kansas City Killer

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30081 / USS Aliquippa aka Kansas City Killer
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 407th Bomb Squadron
RCL PY-O
MACR 655
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(12 August 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30081 / USS Aliquippa aka Kansas City Killer

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/43; New Castle 29/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-O] Alconbury 23/5/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Gene Wiley, Co-pilot: Emitte Wells, Navigator: Bob Broach, Bombardier: Jay Overman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grover Groff, Radio Operator: Bob Daniels, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Chisholm, Waist gunner: Weldon Phelps, Waist gunner: Jim Lee,Tail gunner: Franklin Grey, obs-Col. Delmar T. Spivey (11 Prisoner of War); flak hit KO’d #1 then #3 caught fire, crash landed Ahaus, NW of Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 655. USS ALIQUIPPA aka KANSAS CITY KILLER.

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