B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3266 / Sittin’ Bull

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3266 / Sittin’ Bull
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 95th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 334th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Squadron
RCL OE-T
MACR 616
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(15 September 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3266 / Sittin’ Bull

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-T] Horham 17/7/43; transferred 335BS [OE-T]; 11m, Missing in Action Romilly 15/9/43 with Joe Noyes washed up Berck-Plage two weeks later, Co-pilot: Dave Prees, Navigator: Frank Roth, Bombardier: Rex Rice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clapper, Radio Operator: Edgar Lajoie, Ball turret gunner: Bob Willis, Waist gunner: Ray Provost, Waist gunner: Dan Fabritz,Tail gunner: Bill Cochran (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 616. SITTING BULL.

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B-17 42-3266 / Sittin’ Bull Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P F/O Joseph H. Noyes KIA
CP 2LT David F. Prees KIA
BOMB 2LT Rex Alderman Rice KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Billie Eugene Clapper KIA
RO T/SGT Edgar A. Lajoie KIA
BT S/SGT Robert H. Willis KIA
WG S/SGT Raymond L. Provost KIA
WG SGT Daniel J. Fabritz KIA

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