B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29884

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29884
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 325th Bomb Squadron, 326th Bomb Squadron
RCL NV-D, JW-D
MACR 374
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(12 August 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29884

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Patterson 8/4/43; Eglin Fd 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Alconbury 23/5/43; force landed base with friendly fire damage with Lopez Mantou 9/6/43; then transferred 326BG [JW-D]; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Capt Hans Johnson, Co-pilot: Don Weir, Navigator: Bob Doolan, Bombardier: Harry Broyles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Dickson, Radio Operator: Herb Jackson, Ball turret gunner: Carlos Guiterrez, Waist gunner: Herb Jackson, Waist gunner: Rudi Antala,Tail gunner: John Treon (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Haltern, near Sevenum, six miles W of Venlo, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 374.

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