B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30857 / My Devotion

History of
B-17 42-30857 / My Devotion

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/43; Gore 10/8/43; Cheyenne 11/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-J] Polebrook 22/9/43; on practice mission 23/5/44 with Chas Walker fire broke out in cockpit, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rob Martin burned when oxygen bottle exploded as he dealt with fire; 31m 37BS/487BG [4F] Lavenham 16/7/44; Returned to the USA 377 BU Grenier 17/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/8/45. MY DEVOTION.

Last updated: 1. March 2018