B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31348 / Swing Shift Baby

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Delievered: Cheyenne
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 728th Bomb Squadron, 729th Bomb Squadron
MACR 11230
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(31 December 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31348 / Swing Shift Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; 729BS; MIA Misburg 31/12/44 Pilot: Don Ferguson, Lou Weissman, Fred Casad, George Napier (4KIA); George Warder, Collins Morrison, Lou Watkins, Bill Hof, Ken Sommerville (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Rhade, Germany. MACR 11230. SWING SHIFT BABY.

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B-17 42-31348 / Swing Shift Baby Details

Ship seen spinning in. Broke up after flames were seen from left wing. Looked like one chute from tail section.

Source: MACR 11230

B-17G-15-BO 42-31348 / Swing Shift Baby on 27 March 1944
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