B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31210 / Picadilly Ann aka Buccaneer

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31210 / Picadilly Ann aka Buccaneer
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 709th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Battle damaged, ditched
(09 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31210 / Picadilly Ann aka Buccaneer

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/43 with Her5scel McGuire, Co-pilot: K. Anderson, Navigator: Norman Bashant, Bombardier: Walt Fedyna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Dillon, Radio Operator: Abe Toporofsky, Ball turret gunner: J. Bailey, Waist gunner: H. Sohns, Waist gunner: Joe Stoddard,Tail gunner: Harry Scheiern (10 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched Channel, all rescued. No MACR. DEVIL’S MATE.

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B-17 42-31210 / Picadilly Ann aka Buccaneer Details

447bg.com referenced the B-17 #42-31210 never known as ‘Devil’s Mate’

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This page was last updated on 24 January 2018

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