B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31507

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31507
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 401st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: -
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault, Out of gas
(23 January 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31507

Delivered Denver 15/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 6/12/43; ferry from Goose Bay to UK 23/1/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: John Haning, Navigator: Ralph Stanley, Bombardier: Garven Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kenmore Rowe, Radio Operator: George Avilez, Ball turret gunner: Glen Johnston, Waist gunner: Tom Durkin, Waist gunner: Paul Abrahamson,Tail gunner: John Inman (10 Returned to Duty); engine failure and gas shortage, crashed Johnston, near Enniskillen, Co. Kilkenny, N.I. Salvaged n/battle damaged 6/6/44.

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