B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31716

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31716
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 to 42-31731
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 413th Bomb Squadron
RCL MZ-P
MACR 3428
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(08 March 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31716

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Gt Falls 25/12/43; Cheyenne 10/1/44; Kearney 18/1/44; Grenier Fd 26/1/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 3/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Jim Swendiman, Co-Pilot: Garnett Brown, Navigator: Franklyn Snyder, Bombardier: Joe Bishop, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Handley, Ball Turret Gunner: Clarry Liddick, Waist Gunner: Paul Franke, Tail Gunner: Leo Naimolski (8POW); Radio Operator: Roland Stallings, Waist Gunner: Emmett Melton{died from anoxia} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed three miles E of Elze, 11 miles W of Celle, Germany. MACR 3428.

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