| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-10-VE: 42-5725 to 42-5744 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 92nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 327th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | UX-B |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 June 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-5735 / Wango Wango
(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 30/10/42; Biggs 15/3/43; Montbrook 31/3/43; Presque Is 4/5/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-B] Alconbury 4/5/43; Missing in Action Huls 22/6/43 with Andy Bilek, Co-pilot: Bill Carey, Navigator: Bob Darden, Bombardier: Ed Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Bosse, Radio Operator: John Randall, Ball turret gunner: Milton Hoenn, Waist gunner: Ralph Kesling, Waist gunner: Bob Pierce,Tail gunner: Wilf Godette (10 Prisoner of War), flak KO’d #1 & #4, ship crashed at Pont, near Geldern, 16 miles NW of Krefeld, Ger. WANGO WANGO.
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B-17 42-5735 / Wango Wango Details
Only YB-40 lost in action. Shot down by Uffz. Bernhard Kunze 1./JG 1 his Fw 190.
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This page was last updated on 12 April 2018
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