B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30259 / Damfino II

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30259 / Damfino II
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 349th Bomb Squadron
RCL XR-N
MACR 778
Fate: , Failed to return
(24 September 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30259 / Damfino II

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 7/6/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-N] Thorpe Abbotts 10/6/43; FTR from practice mission 24/9/43 with John Gossage, Bombardier: Theo Don, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Humphrey, Radio Operator: Mike Gillen,Tail gunner: Bruce Alshouse (5 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Bill Grier, Navigator: Ward Dalton, Ball turret gunner: Francis DeCooman, Waist gunner: Clyde Lovell, Waist gunner: Ralph Schulte (5 Killed in Action); night raider KO’d #3 ditched North Sea, but survivors rescued by ASR. Missing Air Crew Report 778. DAMIFINO II.

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