B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39917 / Pretty Baby aka Lady Satan

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39917 / Pretty Baby aka Lady Satan
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 748th Bomb Squadron
MACR 2894
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire
(24 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-39917 / Pretty Baby aka Lady Satan

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 748BS/452BG Deopham Green 4/1/44; MIA Rostock 24/2/44 Pilot: Harry Holland, Co-Pilot: John Rogers, Navigator: Frank Karpeles, Bombardier: John Apostolos, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Coppola, Radio Operator: Ed Toland, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Sweda, Waist Gunner: Armelio Pilosi, Tail Gunner: Doug Leinweber (9POW); Waist Gunner: Tom Raines (KIA-died of wounds two days later); Enemy aircraft, crashed Jornsdorf, tow miles NE of Neubukow/Mecklenburg, 15 miles SW of Rostock, Germany. MACR 2894. LADY SATAN.

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