Production-block:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IE-H
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-39874
Delivered: Long Beach 27/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; ass 709BS/447BG [IE-H] Rattlesden 31/10/43; MIA Pas de Calais 22/6/44 Pilot: Paul Fagg, crew unknown ; abandoned over Normandy beach head, (10RTD), sal.
Last updated: 3. September 2018
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From what I can gather on this B-17, it was flown by Lt. Harold L. Kreuzer and named “Wichita Witch” from 1943 to April 1944. For some reason unknown, it was transferred to pilot Lt. Ernest H. Skinner and his crew renamed it “Queen Patsy”. Then shortly thereafter on D-Day, it was flown by Lt. Paul E. Fagg who was shot down over a Normandy beach (Combat Mission #95). The entire crew bailed out and survived the encounter with one of them being wounded (Stars and Bars Magazine, July 3rd 1944 Edition: Notes From The Air Force section).