B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3453

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3453
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-65-DL: 42-3449 to 42-3482
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 331st Bomb Squadron
RCL TS-K
MACR 831
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(14 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3453

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [TS-K] Rougham 17/8/43; loaned to 96BG Snetterton for this mission; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Silas Nettles, Co-pilot: Jerry LeFors, Navigator: Bob O’Hearn, Bombardier: Ed Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Sebeck, Radio Operator: Chas Putman, Ball turret gunner: Marshall Hamer, Waist gunner: Ken Karlson, Waist gunner: Greg Drobinko,Tail gunner: Chas Sibert (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 831.

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