B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31567

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31567
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 339th Bomb Squadron, 413th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Failed to return
(08 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31567

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Tacoma 22/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Kansas City 28/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; RAF Valley 15/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 16/1/44; trans 413BS [MZ-Q]; was taxiing on base 7/3/44 Pilot: Don Kasch, but brakes failed and collided with parked gas tanker, no injuries to crew or ground crew; MIA Berlin 8/3/44.

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B-17 42-31567 Details

Failed to return from mission on 8 March1944. No other information known. I believe, this B-17 never was part of the mission that day.

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This page was last updated on 17 March 2019

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