B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5970

Source:
Photo courtesy of 306th Bombardment Group Museum

General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17F-40-VE: 42-5955 to 42-6029
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 369th Bomb Squadron, 813th Bomb Squadron
RCL: PC-T, WW-K
Fate: , Failed to return
(16 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-5970

Delivered Long Beach 3/6/43; Gore 3/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-T] with HSC radar scanner fitted Alconbury 29/7/43; crash landed Eye, Sfk 13/12/43, Salvaged. Re-ass 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 21/4/44; Missing in Action 16/7/44.

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