B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30716

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30716
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 to 42-30731
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 92nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 407th Bomb Squadron
RCL PY-G
Fate: , Crashlanding
(24 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-30716

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Gore 26/7/43; Gr Isle 27/7/43; Kearney 9/8/43; Topeka 13/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-G] Alconbury 2/9/43; on ferry trip from Podington 24/1/44 with Arthur Pickens, Co-pilot: Allen Baker, Navigator: Wes Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cowan, Radio Operator: Rob Ferguson plus 14 ground crew for repair duties, ship stalled on approach, crash landed RAF Barford St John, UK; (19 Returned to Duty); Salvaged n/battle damaged 30/1/44.

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