42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire

Production-block:
B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563

Manufacturer:
Douglas

Bomb Group:
96th Bomb Group

Bomb Squadron:
339th Bomb Squadron

RCL: QJ-A

Fate:

Lost by enemy aircraft
(29 November 1943)

MACR: 1393

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History of
B-17 42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire

Delivered Denver 28/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 29/8/43 RAMBLIN’ WRECK; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Tom Parks, Co-pilot: Earl Bason, Navigator: John Sweeney, Bombardier: Joe Leblanc, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glen Richardson, Radio Operator: Blakley Seward, Ball turret gunner: George Gera, Waist gunner: Wesley Wright, Waist gunner: Frank Waizeneger,Tail gunner: Gordon Rodemark (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eystrup, 28 miles SE of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1393. WILDFIRE.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)

Last updated: 10. February 2018

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B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire

History of
B-17 42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire

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History of
B-17 42-3546 / Ramblin’ Wreck aka Wildfire