B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-9138

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9138
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 to 41-9245
Operational History
Bomb Group: -
Bomb Squadron: -
RCL FK202
RAF: , No. 220 Squadron, No. 59 Squadron
Fate: , Failed to return
(25 October 1943)
Werbung/Advertisement

History of
B-17 41-9138

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/42; Wayne 19/6/42; RCAF Dorval 23/6/42; Gander-Prestwick 4/7/42 with Paul Zimmerman to RAF [FK202]; Royal Aircraft Est. Boscomb Down, Wilts. LRASV trials 11/7/42; 59 Sq (PJ-B) Thorney Is, 13/12/42; 220 Sq (NR-L) Benbecula, Scot. 4/8/43; to Thorney Island, St Mawgan then Lagens, Azores 20/10/43; Missing in Action on meteorological sweep, with Harry Webster, Co-pilot: Alf Dungate, Bill Offler, Jim Walton, Bill Potter, Alex Christie, John McKay, Max Varney (8 Killed in Action); crashed in sea 500 miles SW Terceira, Azores 25/10/43.

Werbung/Advertisement

This page was last updated on 01 March 2018

Write comment