B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 34th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 4th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Returned to the USA
(21 June 1945)
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History of
B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

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B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish Details

Identified as ‘Flying Fish’ by John L. Lester. His uncle Julius Wayne Lester was a ball turret gunner on this B-17 and flew 27 of his 35 missions with it.

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This page was last updated on 20 December 2020

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