B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30330 / Blood, Guts & Rust II

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30330 / Blood, Guts & Rust II
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 568th Bomb Squadron
RCL BI-A, BI-L
MACR 784
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(08 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-30330 / Blood, Guts & Rust II

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 28/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 2/8/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-A, was L] Framlingham 4/8/43; MIA Bremen 8/10/43 Pilot: Capt Jim Pederson, Co-Pilot: Joe Carter, Navigator: John Burgess, Bombardier: Harry Gorden, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dan Bergin, Radio Operator: Mike Urban (6POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Anton Kohler, Waist Gunner: Bob Redding, Waist Gunner: Frank Grubb, Tail Gunner: Emil Mateyak (4KIA); flak ko’d two engines, crashed Quelkhorn, nine miles E of Bremen; MACR 784. BLOOD, GUTS & RUST II.

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