B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29773

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29773
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 379th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 526th Bomb Squadron
RCL LF-F
MACR 1370
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(29 May 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29773

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Sioux City 14/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 14/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-F] Kimbolton 22/4/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 29/5/43 with Capt John Hall, Co-pilot: Willard Thomas, Navigator: Bill Koves, Bombardier: Jim Griffith (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Belock, Radio Operator: Frank Adrick, Ball turret gunner: Bob Vanderstraeten, Waist gunner: Clarry Gallamore, Waist gunner: George Hague,Tail gunner: Bob Kuehl (6 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Kerdavid, 10 miles E of Lorient, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1370.

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