B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30727 / Fightin’ Bitin’

B-17 #42-30727 / Fightin’ Bitin’zoom_in

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Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: GY-Z

MACR: 817

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History of
B-17 42-30727 / Fightin’ Bitin’

Delivered Dallas 19/7/43; Scott 10/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-Z] Thurleigh 2/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Bisson, Navigator: George Young, Bombardier: Joe Lukens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Osep, Tail gunner: Thompson Wilson (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Stafford, Radio Operator: John McLellan, Ball turret gunner: Dick Vader, Waist gunner: Peter Giovanni, Waist gunner: Constantine Lamb (5 Prisoner of War); Flak knocked out two engines and fighters riddled the tail, crashed Hoehefeld, 15 miles W of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 817. FIGHTIN’ BITIN’.

Last updated: 7. September 2018

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