B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3550 / La Paloma

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3550 / La Paloma
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563, B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 365th Bomb Squadron
RCL XK-H
MACR 921
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(14 October 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3550 / La Paloma

Delivered Denver 29/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-H] Chelveston 1/10/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Alden Kincaid, Navigator: Bob Metcalf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Raines, Ball turret gunner: Ken Fenn, Waist gunner: Lou Bridda, Waist gunner: Alf Chalker,Tail gunner: Bill Heritage (7 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Norman Smith, Bombardier: Phil Blasig, Radio Operator: Bernie Martin (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Werneck, seven miles SW of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 921.

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This page was last updated on 10 February 2018

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