B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31971 / Twenty-One or Bust

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B-17 42-31971 / Twenty-One or Bust

Delivered: Cheyenne 2/1/44; Gt Falls 12/1/44; Kearney 23/1/44; (forced landing Rineanna, Eire from Labrador to UK 8/2/44): Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-E] Framlingham 9/2/44; over Augsburg 15/4/44 p/Lt Tom Sutters (KIA); MIA Liege 11/5/44 Pilot: Bill Cockrean, Co-Pilot: John Rutherford (2KIA); Navigator: Ed Dentz, Bombardier: Bill Hays, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Hodgson, Radio Operator: John Ward, Ball Turret Gunner: Melvin Poling, Waist Gunner: Leon Balducci, Waist Gunner: Purvis Christian, Tail Gunner: George Thalman (8POW); flak damage started fires, crashed Hultens Broek, two miles N of Gilze-Rijen A/F, Hol. MACR 4787. TWENTY-ONE OR BUST.

Last updated: 10. April 2018