B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37870 / Palma II

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37870 / Palma II
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group, 94th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 333rd Bomb Squadron, 364th Bomb Squadron
RCL TS-R, WF-F
MACR 4950
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(22 May 1944)
Werbung/Advertisement

History of
B-17 42-37870 / Palma II

Delivered Denver 25/9/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; ass 447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; Transferred: 333BS/94BG [TS-R] Rougham 3/11/43; then tran 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 23/11/43; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Bob Rippstein, Navigator: Bill Fagan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Rhodes (3POW); Co-Pilot: John Colton, Bombardier: Locke McClure, Radio Operator: Roland Courcy, Ball Turret Gunner: Emil Went, Waist Gunner: Ken Nason, Waist Gunner: Bill Isenhour, Tail Gunner: Dick Hobbs (7KIA); flak direct hit, crashed Kiel-Ellerbeck navy depot; MACR 4950. PALMA II.

Werbung/Advertisement

This page was last updated on 23 August 2018

Write comment