B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3260 / Angel’s Tit

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3260 / Angel’s Tit
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 349th Bomb Squadron
RCL XR-K
MACR 271
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(25 June 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3260 / Angel’s Tit

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action convoy off Holland 25/6/43 with Alonzo Adams, Co-pilot: George Krech, Bombardier: Jesse Gurley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sullivan, Radio Operator: Jim Purcell, Ball turret gunner: John Kruzich, Waist gunner: Edmond Walker, Waist gunner: Norman Asbornsen,Tail gunner: Bryant Hutchinson (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Nick Demchak (POW-picked up by German boat); hit by enemy aircraft 20 miles N of the Frisian Is. and ship exploded, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 271. ANGEL’S TIT.

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