Production-block:
B-17F-125-BO: 42-30832 to 42-30931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 510th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TU-N
MACR: 1035
History of
B-17 42-30867
Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-N] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {2m} Anklam 9/10/43 with Lloyd Christman, Co-pilot: Jim Laird, Navigator: Eldred Hancy, Bombardier: John Hemm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Commodore Sharp, Waist gunner: Jim White, Waist gunner: Bill Klink (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Dave Pressel, Ball turret gunner: John Butterbach,Tail gunner: Edmond Blais (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hallig Hooge Island, SW of Sylt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1035.
Last updated: 13. August 2017
26. March 2025 access_time 12:09
I previously identified this footage as depicting 42-29859 / The Annihilator as the fuselage code appeared to be “TU-H” but I found a clearer copy and on closer examination it shows that the code is actually “TU-N” meaning it is most likely 42-30867, here is the clip:
https://rumble.com/v6r81cw-b-17-flying-fortress-drifts-out-of-formation-pursued-by-a-luftwaffe-fighter.html
As the footage was originally published in November 1943 it is also chronologically more congruent.