B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 40-2043

Source:
IBCC Digital Archive

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , Boeing B-17C: 40-2042 to 40-2079
Operational History
Bomb Group: -
Bomb Squadron: -
RCL AN518, WP-B
RAF: , No. 220 Squadron, No. 90 Squadron
Fate: , Failed to return
(08 September 1941)
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History of
B-17 40-2043

Delivered RAF [AN518] as part of Lend-Lease Act; 90 Squadron (WP-B) Polebrook, UK Aug-41; transferred 220 Squadron, Portreath, MIA Bygland, Norway, 8-Sep-41. First B-17 loss (RAF). Salvaged. This was an RAF loss not a USAAF loss.

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