B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30780 / Eager Eagle II

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30780 / Eager Eagle II
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831
Delievered: Cheyenne
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 509th Bomb Squadron
RCL RQ-H/T
MACR 1938
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(11 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-30780 / Eager Eagle II

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Geiger 9/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-H/T] Polebrook 21/9/43; Missing in Action {10m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Bill Myers, Co-pilot: John Hart, Bombardier: Art Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Caudle, Radio Operator: Lavern Sherman, Ball turret gunner: John Ricci,Tail gunner: Jim Mansfield (7 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bill Carmichael, Waist gunner: Bill Bloshko, Waist gunner: Herb Bivens{spinal injury in hospital 6 mths} (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Holzerode, six miles NE of Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1938. EAGER EAGLE II.

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This page was last updated on 10 May 2024

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