B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102503 / Belle of the Blue

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B-17 42-102503 / Belle of the Blue

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; slated 96BG, Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; 423BS/306BG [RD-W] Thurleigh 18/5/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Dan Gates, Co-pilot: Ed Jordan, Navigator: John Taylor, Bombardier: Hugo Cappelli, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sulzinski, Radio Operator: Jim Peltz, Waist gunner: Buffard Johnson,Tail gunner: Howard Reed (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Ray Fountain (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Reichenow, SW of Wreizen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8835. BELLE OF THE BLUE.

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