B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 40-2052

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 40-2052
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , Boeing B-17C: 40-2042 to 40-2079
Operational History
Bomb Group: -
Bomb Squadron: -
RCL AN521
RAF: , No. 220 Squadron, No. 90 Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 40-2052

Delivered RAF [AN521] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-K] Polebrook 15-Apr-41 with Major Walsh, the first aircraft to the fly Atlantic to RAF, Watton; transferred 220 Squadron, ZZ-? Portreath 28-Oct-41; 107 MU Kasfareet; Fuka 5-Dec-41; engine fire and crash landed Shallufa, Egypt, 10-Jan-42 with F/O Sturmey, plus crew of five and two passengers; F/Sgt Hamish Mennie, Sgt Don Tuson fatally injured; Written off 3-Oct-43.

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