Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 711th Bomb Squadron
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.
Last updated: 22. May 2018
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