B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31155

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31155
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 711th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault
(04 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31155

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-F] Rattlesden 18/11/43; returning from Berlin 4/3/44, with Jim Anderson, Co-pilot: Larry Koenig, Navigator: George Shroeder, Bombardier: Theo Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Runkle, Radio Operator: George Bauer, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Dollar, Waist gunner: Bob Garrett,Tail gunner: John Segrest (9 Returned to Duty), Waist gunner: Ed Parry (KIA-chute malfunctioned); mechanical faults, pilot crash landed Snap Hill Barn, Friston, Sussex, with no injury; Salvaged. No MACR.

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