B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-8790

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8790
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-80-VE: 44-8701 to 44-8800
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 351st Bomb Squadron, 418th Bomb Squadron
RCL LD-V
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-8790

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Grenier 4/2/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-V] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/45; [71m] crash landed after local night flight 12/5/45 with Wade Pratt, Co-pilot: Harry Wintoul, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Scott, Radio Operator: Vince Ferranco, Ball turret gunner: Bob Guidi (5WIS); Navigator: Jim Brand (Killed in Service); rest ? ; #3 engine siezed up, crash landed NW of base on Diss-Attleborough road; Salvaged n/battle damaged 12/5/45.

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This page was last updated on 02 October 2017

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