B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29684 / Eager Eagle

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29684 / Eager Eagle
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 509th Bomb Squadron
RCL RQ-T
Fate: , ditched, Out of gas
(06 September 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29684 / Eager Eagle

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Gore 17/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-T] Polebrook 17/4/43; 17m Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Capt Dick Hathaway; no gas, ditched Channel & rescued by ASR, 10RTD. EAGER EAGLE.

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