B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3121

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3121
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 to 42-3148
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 95th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 336th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault
(05 April 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3121

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG Rapid City, dep. Natal for Dakar, then UK; with Major Edgar Cole, Co-pilot: Ray Abbott, Navigator: Chas Garvin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Galvin,ro-Harry Dubie, pass:- Theo Thomas, Jack Myers, Ray Johnson, Boyd Barnes, Carl Olbertz; crashed 30 miles off shore near Bathurst due to electrical fire 5/4/43, but picked up by RAF Sunderland and taken to Bathurst (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 17/4/43.

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