B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3297 / The Bad Penny

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3297 / The Bad Penny

Manufacturer:
Douglas

  • RCL: FC-W

MACR: 1337

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History of
B-17 42-3297 / The Bad Penny

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-W] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Merignac 5/12/43 with Norman Palmer, Co-pilot: Gil Parkes, Navigator: Capt Bill Hickey, Bombardier: Grady Embree, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Riley, Radio Operator: Herb Fagley, Ball turret gunner: Bill Hardin, w-Rich Styles,Tail gunner: George Lyman (9 Returned to Duty); no gas, ditched Channel, off Abbotsbury Coast Guard Station, Dorset, crew rescued, but Sgt Waist gunner: Everett Hanna (Killed in Service -died of exposure). Missing Air Crew Report 1337. THE BAD PENNY.

Last updated: 4. November 2017

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