B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5475

History of
B-17 42-5475

Delivered Cheyenne 14/12/42; Assigned 391BS/34BG Blythe 29/12/42; mech. problems led to taxi accident with Milton Sherman 21/2/43; Assigned 504BS/346BG Dyersburg 20/5/43; 505BG Harvard 19/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 15/7/44; force landed Dyersburg 16/8/43 with Hiram Fisher when u/c gear collapsed; 235 BU Biggs 28/8/44; 4104 Rome 17/1/45; 235 BU Biggs 19/3/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 17/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 3/8/45.

Last updated: 10. November 2024