B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30254

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30254
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 385th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 550th Bomb Squadron
MACR 3
Fate: , Disappeared
(22 June 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30254

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gore 12/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG, t/o from Gander, Nfd, but lost over Atlantic en route UK 22/6/43; Pilot: Herb Powley, Co-Pilot: Fred Montgomery, Navigator: Lloyd Boor, Bombardier: Pat Ruffin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave McGadey, Radio Operator: Ralph Atkins, etTail Gunner: Bill Hahn, ro-Tom Cockfield, g-Morris Meyers, tg-Jim Riggs. (10KIA). Contact was made with Prestwick, Scotland, on approach to UK, but no trace. MACR 3.

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