B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39806

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39806
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 561st Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Landing accident
(09 November 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-39806

Delivered Long Beach 5/9/43; Gr Island 4/10/43; ass 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; on ferry flight to Honington 9/11/43 crash-landed brakes failed to hold until eventually nosed up and fell back, Pilot: John Dewey, Co-Pilot: John Moon, Navigator: Bob Neumeyer (3RTD); sal 11/11/43.

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