B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3452

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3452

Manufacturer:
Douglas

  • RCL: LN-Z

MACR: 645

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History of
B-17 42-3452

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action Paris 15/9/43 with Arthur Vetter, Co-pilot: Don Smith, Bombardier: Jim Bormuth, Radio Operator: John Wagner, Ball turret gunner: Ed Fontaine, Waist gunner: Hobart Trigg, Waist gunner: Ed Daly,Tail gunner: Warren Lush (8 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orval Parsons{Wounded in Action} (Prisoner of War); Navigator: Wendell McConnaha{died of exposure after fall in Pyrenees 10/12/43-Killed in Service }; flak hit in #2, crashed St Just, ten miles NE of Clermont Oise, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 645.

Last updated: 5. October 2017

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