B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37987 / Man O’ War – Horsepower Ltd.

History of
B-17 42-37987 / Man O’ War – Horsepower Ltd.

Delivered Denver 4/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; ass 322BS/91BG [LG- ] Bassingbourn 21/12/43; on first mission Frankfurt, battle damage 29/1/44 Pilot: Bill Burt, Co-Pilot: Frank Alford, Navigator: Bob West, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rudy Thigpin, Radio Operator: Chas Grubb, Ball Turret Gunner: Ken Waeiss, Waist Gunner: ‘, Waist Gunner: ‘, Tail Gunner: ‘ (9RTD); togg-Sgt Roy Wright (KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crash-landed Sittingbourne, Kent, UK; sal 2 SAD 2/2/44; MAN O’ WAR – HORSEPOWER LTD.

Last updated: 22. May 2018