B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3556 / Dear Mom

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3556 / Dear Mom
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: , 96th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 338th Bomb Squadron
RCL BX-L
Fate: , Battle damaged
(13 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-3556 / Dear Mom

Delivered Denver 30/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-L] Snetterton 9/9/43; battle damaged Watten 13/2/44 with Lee Bevers, Co-pilot: Willis Jones, Navigator: John Tellefsen, Bombardier: Mack Long, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Miskel, Radio Operator: Herb Fleming Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Guy Kennedy, Waist gunner: Marvin Smith, Tail gunner: Herb Johnson (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Winston Collier (Killed in Action); crash landed RAF West Malling, Kent, UK. Salvaged. DEAR MOM.

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This page was last updated on 11 February 2018

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