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Source:
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Production-block:
B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-N
History of
B-17 42-30020 / Sweet Eloise
Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Jack Painter, Co-Pilot: Everett Ragan, Navigator: Bill Keays, Bombardier: Lloyd Duke, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Kowalski, Radio Operator: Bill Balentine, etTail Gunner: Ray Genz, ro-Allen Kellogg, Waist Gunner: Norman Whitman, Waist Gunner: Jim Mizell (10RTD); on ferry trip from Bovingdon crash-landed base, pilot retracted landing gear instead flaps 10/6/43; Salvaged. AFSC 16/6/43 (first loss in group). SWEET ELOISE.
Last updated: 17. November 2018
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