B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37859 / Fightin Cock

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37859 / Fightin Cock
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 379th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 524th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(08 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-37859 / Fightin Cock

Delivered Tulsa 24/9/43; Gr Island 2/10/43; ass 379BG Kimbolton 19/10/43; forced landing Gr Island, Ne Pilot: Don McMillan 1/11/43; w/Herb Wright f/l St Angelo, Nth Ireland 12/2/44; MIA Emden 8/7/44 w/Willis Jones, Co-Pilot: Bill Dry, Navigator: Bill McGinnis, Bombardier: Pete Saveskie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Phillips, Radio Operator: Bill Black, Ball Turret Gunner: Alvin Brady, Waist Gunner: Bernard Schupp, Tail Gunner: Chas Parrish (9RTD); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; MISS MARY/SWEET SUE.

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