Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 to 41-9245
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- RAF:
- No. 59 Squadron
- RCL: FK209
History of
B-17 41-9203
Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/42; Wayne 23/6/42; Gander-Prestwick 25/6/42 with Bob Leeward to RAF [FK209]; 59 Sq (PJ-J) Thorney Is, 31/12/42; missing on patrol from Chivenor 23/3/43 with Rich Weatherhead, Co-pilot: Bob Phillips, Willard Zapfe, George Cojocar, Bill Arnold, Clarry Copping, Rich Montgomery, Frank Spino (8 Killed in Action);
Last updated: 3. October 2017
B-17 41-9203 Details
Shot down by Oblt Herman Horstmann in Junkers Ju88C over Bay of Biscay, only Coastal Command B-17 to fall to enemy aircraft.
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