B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31059

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31059
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 to 42-31131
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 384th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 547th Bomb Squadron
RCL SO-
MACR 842
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(14 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-31059

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 2/10/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Don Ogilvie, Co-pilot: Bob Kilmer (2 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Everett Childs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emmett Hood, Radio Operator: Jim Murray, Ball turret gunner: Jim McKeon, Waist gunner: Francis Sylvia, Waist gunner: Bill Martin,Tail gunner: Lou Ratkiewicz (7 evaded capture), Bombardier: Bill Wilson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bar-le-Duc, near Soissons, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 842. (first group loss).

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