B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30611 / Horny

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30611 / Horny

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: XR-D
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History of
B-17 42-30611 / Horny

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Seattle 30/6/43; Kearney 14/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 20/7/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Capt Henry Henington, Co-pilot: Homer Tripp, Navigator: Ward Dalton, Bombardier: Capt Alf Fahlstedt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: W.J. Meyer, Radio Operator: Joe Badrick, Ball turret gunner: ?, Waist gunner: ?, Waist gunner: Joe Raff,Tail gunner: Frank Kintash (10 Returned to Duty); flak hit in engine, ditched Channel about 60 miles off coast, all rescued by RAF Walruses from Shoreham, Sx. No MACR. HORNY.

Last updated: 6. January 2018

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