B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31139

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31139
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 423rd Bomb Squadron
RCL RD-L
MACR 2771
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(24 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31139

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; Transferred: 423BS/306BG [RD-L] Thurleigh 19/10/43; MIA Brunswick 24/2/44 Pilot: Norwood Garrett, Co-Pilot: Bob Muri, Navigator: Joe Elgin, Bombardier: Bob Shurilla, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Vinciquerra, Radio Operator: Alvin Dilts{broke leg}, Waist Gunner: Bill Carroll, Tail Gunner: Larry Yator (8POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Glenn{found in wreckage}, Waist Gunner: Almond Weed (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Talge & Badbergen, Germany. MACR 2771.

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This page was last updated on 28 February 2019

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