B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31400

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31400
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 to 42-31431
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 301st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 352nd Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(15 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31400

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Memphis 20/11/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG Cerignola 19/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {23m} Ploesti 15/4/44 with John Simon, (Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #3 and pilot dived to put out fire but engine drops in sea, ditched off Ortona; crew rescued by Italian fishing boats.

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