B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29825 / Meat Ball aka Major Ball

Source:
www.351st.org

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 511th Bomb Squadron
RCL DS-Z
Fate: , Crashlanding, Out of gas
(16 September 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29825 / Meat Ball aka Major Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 25/4/43 MAJOR BALL; 9m Nantes 16/9/43 with Maj Jim Stewart, Co-pilot: Geiger, Navigator: Maze, Bombardier: Watts, rest ?; ran out of gas on approach crash landed Lutton, Northamptonshire; (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged. MEAT BALL.

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