B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102971

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102971
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 508th Bomb Squadron
RCL YB-J
MACR 7586
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(06 August 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-102971

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-J] Polebrook 29/5/44; Missing in Action {26m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Paul Pattison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Bullock, Radio Operator: Winfred Wiemer, Ball turret gunner: Frank Espinoza, Waist gunner: John Smith,Tail gunner: Clarry Bessanson (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Francis Parker, Navigator: Len Roberts, Bombardier: Roland Chamberlain (3 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Schlunkendorf, near Dolitz, S of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7586.

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