B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102911

History of
B-17 42-102911

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; on local flight from Deenethorpe to Greenham Common 29/6/44 with Major Leon Stann, Co-pilot: Don Frazier, Navigator: Capt H.D. Wood, Radio Operator: Ben Musser (4 Returned to Duty); three attempts to land ended with a ground loop off end of runway, hit a ditch tearing off #3, and destroyed; Salvaged 2 SAD 3/7/44.

Last updated: 5. December 2018