Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 710th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-31219
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/11/43, crashed on take off from Goose Bay, Labrador, at Lake Melville en route UK, with Capt Lester White,cp-Frank Haag, Navigator: Tom Cannon, Bombardier: Gilligen Moseley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Slattery, Radio Operator: Alfd Haag, Ball turret gunner: George Oakley, Waist gunner: Ray Hodges, Waist gunner: Lorenz Kirchoff{body never recovered},Tail gunner: Gus Farmer (10 Killed in Service).
Last updated: 1. March 2018
Write comment