B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31043 / Elsie Mae

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31043 /  Elsie Mae
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 526th Bomb Squadron
RCL LF-L
Fate: , Landing accident
(12 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31043 / Elsie Mae

Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 19/10/43; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-L] Kimbolton 3/3/44; on cross country traing flight 12/9/44 with Capt John Martin, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Harsberger, Navigator: Wayne Kalers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Kiplinger, Radio Operator: Jim Bennett (5 Returned to Duty); landing gear collapsed 12/9/44; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 14/9/44. ELSIE MAE.

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