Production-block:
B-17G-60-DL: 44-6626 to 44-6750
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 429th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-6679
Delivered Lincoln 17/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 7/11/44; Flew 44 missions, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 25/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.
Last updated: 24. August 2017
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04. September 2018 access_time 22:54
AHS crew flew this plane on 3 missions. #358 to Linz, #390 to Maribor where they were badly shot up. My uncle James Ross was left waist gunner. Made his way through the open bomb bay to the cockpit. Removed co pilot Woods (KIA) from his seat (he was in the pilots seat but was still flying copilot) took the now empty seat in a cockpit covered in blood with the windshield ruined by flak and helped Pilot Stover fly it back to Amendola. They were back in this plane for it’s final mission, 412 to Salzburg on 5/1/45