B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29865

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29865
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 508th Bomb Squadron
RCL YB-X
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(07 May 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-29865

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Pueblo 28/3/43; Presque Is 7/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-X] Polebrook 16/4/43; with Major Keith Birlem, Co-pilot: Harry Bartholomew, Co-pilot: Henry Summers, Navigator: Clarry Yunt, Bombardier: Courtland Young, Radio Operator: Tom Broderick, ae-Oscar Tipton, aro-Walt Lappage, Waist gunner: Bob Brooke,Tail gunner: Paul Fennell (10 Killed in Service); mid-air coll with 42-29491 (351st) on training op 7/5/43, wreckage crashed near base.. Salvaged.

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B-17 42-29865 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-29491 during practice flight on 07 May 1943.

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This page was last updated on 06 January 2018

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