B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37873

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37873
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 710th Bomb Squadron
MACR 7223
Fate: , Battle damaged, interned
(11 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-37873

Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; ass 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; MIA Munich 11/7/44 Pilot: Bob Jacobs, Frank Pollard, Jim Burkhart, Tom Winborne, Granville Newton, John Tennant, Ed Wellnitz, Art Cooper, Lou Joseph, Bob Scott (10INT); flak, forced landing Dubendorf, Switz; MACR 7223. Returned to US: 1377 BU Grenier 13/9/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45. Scrapped: Kingman 12/12/45.

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B-17 42-37873 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Robert M. Jacobs INT
CP 2LT Frank P. Pollard INT
BOMB 2LT Thomas B. Winborne INT
ENG/TT S/SGT Granville Newton INT
RO S/SGT John W. Tennant INT
BT SGT Howard N. Wellnitz, Jr. INT
WG SGT Arthur Cooper INT
WG SGT Louis Joseph INT
TG SGT Robert C. Scott INT

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