B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31985 / Devil’s Aces

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31985 / Devil’s Aces
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 390th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 570th Bomb Squadron
RCL DI-P
MACR 5258
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(28 May 1944)
Missions: 18
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History of
B-17 42-31985 / Devil’s Aces

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Grenier 20/2/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 27/2/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (18m) 28/5/44 with John Ingram, Co-pilot: Doug Banks, Navigator: Bob Tabeling, Radio Operator: Henry Czerpak, Ball turret gunner: Jim Lewis, Waist gunner: Arnold McKee, Tail gunner: Ken Salmons (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Dan Cosgrove, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Buntin, Waist gunner: Ed Czyz (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, part of vertical stabilizer shot away, crashed Lostau, six miles NE of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5258. DEVIL’S ACES.

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