Production-block:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 483rd Bomb Group
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 348th Bomb Squadron
- 816th Bomb Squadron
Missions: 33
History of
B-17 42-106997 / Blondie
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 3/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 13/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {33m} Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Hackney, Schneider, Ungar, Palmer, Portney, Grubb, Hanney, Mello, Carleton, D’Amborsi (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-32036, shearing off ‘997 tail, crashed near Manfredonia; BLONDIE.
Last updated: 17. November 2018
B-17 42-106997 / Blondie Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-32036 on 7 July 1944.
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