B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31869 / Hell and High Water

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31869 / Hell and High Water
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 401st Bomb Squadron
RCL LL-Y
MACR 2899
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(06 March 1944)
Missions: 2
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History of
B-17 42-31869 / Hell and High Water

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-Y] Bassingbourn 25/2/44; Missing in Action 2m Berlin 6/3/44 with Clyde Mason, Co-pilot: Gilbert Falck, Navigator: Bill Eberly, togg-Morris Fliegel, Radio Operator: Ron Cannon, Ball turret gunner: Vic Clifford, Waist gunner: Ralph Renzelman, Waist gunner: Jack Ney (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Perkins,Tail gunner: Don Zahler (2KIA-bodies found in wreckage); enemy aircraft, #3 exploded setting wing afire, crashed Lowendorf Hill, Trebbin, 15 miles S of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2899. HELL AND HIGH WATER.

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