B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39886 / Hi Mack

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39886 / Hi Mack
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 709th Bomb Squadron
RCL: IE-J
Fate: , Landing accident
(29 June 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39886 / Hi Mack

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; ass 388BG Knettishall 22/11/43; Transferred: 709BS/447BG [IE-J] Rattlesden 23/11/43; on return from Bohlen 29/6/44 Pilot: Selmer Skalitzky, Co-Pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Frank Scheible, Bombardier: Leo Goleo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gilbert Resendez, Radio Operator: Bill Kneupfer, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy May, Waist Gunner: John Porter, Waist Gunner: Alf Morton, Tail Gunner: Roy Fewerhelm (10RTD); stalled on landing, then on second bounce u/c collapsed, Salvaged. 29/6/44. HI MACK..

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This page was last updated on 28 November 2018

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