B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3037 / Windy City Avenger

History of
B-17 42-3037 / Windy City Avenger

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/43. Assigned 412BS/95BG Memphis 20/4/43. Transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-N] Grafton Underwood 1/8/43. 544BS/384BG [SU-Z] Grafton Underwood 20/9/43. 14 October 1943 damaged over Schweinfurt with Bill Price, Co-pilot: Lee Coleman, Navigator: Harry Harvey, Bombardier: Leroy Arquette, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Beaty, Radio Operator: Bob Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Griffin, Waist gunner: Earl Nelson, Waist gunner: Ralph Grant, Tail gunner: Don Dailey (10 Returned to Duty). Crash landed Wakerley, near Corby, Northamptonshire, UK 14/10/43, Salvaged.

Last updated: 20. June 2021

B-17 42-3037 / Windy City Avenger Details

After research, the picture with the nose art does not show the B-17 “42-3037 / Windy City Avenger” because the B-17 in the picture shows features of a Boeing production (side machine gun window). The exact serial number of the “Windy City Avenger” in the picture is not known.