B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31841

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31841
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 463rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 775th Bomb Squadron
MACR 5195
KSU/ME/KU: ME-1246
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(24 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-31841

Delivered Denver 26/12/43; Omaha 6/1/44; Atlanta 10/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 13/2/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; Missing in Action Atzgersdorf, Aus. 24/5/44 with Russell Orf, Navigator: Carl Jamas (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Wyckoff, Bombardier: Max Coddington, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Drennan, Radio Operator: Bill Fossey, Ball turret gunner: Cornelius Snedeker, Waist gunner: Ralph Goff,Tail gunner: Tom Bates (7POW?); enemy aircraft, crashed near Šoštanj, Slovenia (German: Schönstein); Missing Air Crew Report 5195.

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B-17 42-31841 Details

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This page was last updated on 01 July 2024

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