B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31483 / Bonnie B

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31483 / Bonnie B
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 359th Bomb Squadron
RCL: BN-B
Fate: , Failed to return
(05 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31483 / Bonnie B

Delivered Cheyenne 10/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Bangor 5/12/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-B] Molesworth 1/1/44; Missing in Action Stuttgart 5/9/44 with Bill Morgan, Co-pilot: John Parker, Navigator: Abe Wodinsky, Bombardier: Frank Destito, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theron Hayes, Radio Operator: Ed Stemmle, Ball turret gunner: Stan Lloyd, Waist gunner: Jim Gross,Tail gunner: Jim Caperton (9 Returned to Duty), lost one prop and two engines on return; force landed A-20 Reims af, France; Salvaged 12/9/44. BONNIE B.

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