B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39829

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39829
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 366th Bomb Squadron
RCL KY-J
MACR 4276
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(27 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39829

Delivered Long Beach 11/9/43; Scott 30/9/43; ass 366BS/305BG [KY-J] Chelveston 19/10/43; MIA Nancy 27/4/44 Pilot: Capt Bob Copley, Co-Pilot: Maurice Hayward, Navigator: John Nickel, Bombardier: John Hedlund, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Sam Woodland, Radio Operator: Tom Joyce, Waist Gunner: Chas Gast, Waist Gunner: Chester Fikes, Tail Gunner: Jim Johnson, photos-John Hester (10POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Leigh Kerr (KIA); flak, crashed near Sompuis, 19 miles SE of Chalons-sur-Marne, Fr; MACR 4276.

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