B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29505 / Gunda Din

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29505 / Gunda Din
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 368th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault
(11 April 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29505 / Gunda Din

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Morrison 19/3/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh ‘; Pilot: (Maj Cummings’), Dinwiddie Fuhrmeister, Co-Pilot: Emil Rasmussen, Navigator: Art Titus, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ode Harvey, Radio Operator: Amos May, Ball Turret Gunner: Keith Thousand, Waist Gunner: Ray Wilson, Owen Nabors, pass:-H.H. Heibert (9RTD), Bombardier: Bill Smith (KIA)11/4/43 when in poor weather conditions aircraft crashed Mt Maenclochog, Foel Cwm, near Cerwym, Wales, en route to St Eval, Cornwall from Marrakech, Morocco; Salvaged. GUNGA DIN

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This page was last updated on 20 February 2019

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