B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29868 / Flap Raiser aka The Venus

History of
B-17 42-29868 / Flap Raiser aka The Venus

Delivered Denver 27/2/43; Pueblo 13/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action 21m Anklam 9/10/43 with Joe Turley, Navigator: Bob Coe, Bombardier: Abe Silverman, Radio Operator: Theo Brantz, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Jeanes, Waist gunner: Ray Hammond, Waist gunner: Nelson Harmon,Tail gunner: Bill Trask (8 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Frank Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Curtis (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched Baltic Sea, E of Langeland Island, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 877. FLAP RAISER aka THE VENUS.

Last updated: 5. May 2017

B-17 42-29868 / Flap Raiser aka The Venus Details

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• http://www.airmen.dk/p233.htm
• http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430106.shtml