B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31233

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31233
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-10-BO: 42-31232 to 42-31331
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 427th Bomb Squadron
RCL GN-
MACR 1707
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(20 December 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-31233

Delivered Cheyenne 6/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Wilmington 28/10/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN- ] Molesworth 18/11/43; {5m} Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Franklin Leve, Co-pilot: Dick Libbee, Navigator: Dick Morehead, Bombardier: Dennis Murphy, Radio Operator: Percy Craig, Ball turret gunner: Ed Drees, Waist gunner: Olly Keefer, Waist gunner: Frank Midkiff (8 Killed in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Spross,Tail gunner: Armond Van Landingham (2 Prisoner of War); hit by ME110, crashed between Bremen and German coast. Missing Air Crew Report 1707.

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