B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-106997 / Blondie

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-106997 / Blondie
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 483rd Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 348th Bomb Squadron, 816th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(07 July 1944)
Missions: 33
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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.

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B-17 42-106997 / Blondie Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-32036 on 7 July 1944.

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This page was last updated on 17 November 2018

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