B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102972 / Heavenly Cent aka Boston Blackie

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102972 / Heavenly Cent aka Boston Blackie
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 571st Bomb Squadron
RCL FC-F
MACR 11137 (?13025)
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(14 March 1945)
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History of
B-17 42-102972 / Heavenly Cent aka Boston Blackie

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-F] Framlingham 26/5/44 HEAVENLY CENT; Missing in Action Hannover 14/3/45 with Roy Creaseman, Joe McAllister, Mike Bursin, Boyce Pruitt, George Gouldthrite, Alvin Goldberg, Bob Powers, Verne Gray, Carlton Fisher (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-37831 (390BG), crashed Bilhausen, near Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11137 (?13025). BOSTON BLACKIE.

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B-17 42-102972 / Heavenly Cent aka Boston Blackie Details

Mid air collision with B-17 #43-37831 ‘Lady Velma’

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This page was last updated on 19 May 2017

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