B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31816

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31816
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 366th Bomb Squadron
RCL KY-V
MACR 4275
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(24 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31816

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Gt Falls 14/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-V] Chelveston (a GH ship) 15/2/44; MIA Freidrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Capt Joe Lincoln, Co-Pilot: Albt Pagnotta, Navigator: Phil Campbell, Bombardier: Milton Goldfeder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Rhodes, Waist Gunner: Gene Snodgrass, Waist Gunner: Bill Bergman, Tail Gunner: Virgil Marro (8EVD); Radio Operator: Isaac Denemy, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Mayfield (2KIA- the former by aircraft fire, the latter’s chute failed); flak KOd an engine, then on return hit by Enemy aircraft, crashed Leuze, near Aubenton, Belgium. MACR 4275.

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