B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102543

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102543
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Delievered: Cheyenne
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 398th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 602nd Bomb Squadron
RCL K8-B
MACR 10176
KSU/ME/KU: 3224
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(28 October 1944)
Missions: 54
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History of
B-17 42-102543

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Grenier 19/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-B] Nuthampstead 20/4/44; flew with 457BG Glatton on 29/6/44; (54m) Missing in Action Munster 28/10/44 with John Farmer, Navigator: Bob Chorba, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Martens, Radio Operator: Jim Kilgore, Ball turret gunner: Paul Keifer, Waist gunner: Alpha Schumacher,Tail gunner: Sam Gailey (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Arnold Volkay, Bombardier: Phil Seltzer (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Uelsen, Bentheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10176.

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