B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5874

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5874
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 301st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 353rd Bomb Squadron
MACR 3523
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault
(04 March 1944)
Missions: 21
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History of
B-17 42-5874

Delivered Long Beach 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 20/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 1/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {21m} Breslau 4/3/44 with Fordyce Chamberlin, Co-pilot: Andy Christensen, Navigator: Chas Ford, Bombardier: Henry Winston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Risan, Radio Operator: Ralph Wheatley, Ball turret gunner: Joe Beard, Waist gunner: Edwin Brindley, Waist gunner: Don Fisher,Tail gunner: Homer Ackelson (flew with 301BG); abort mech failure. Missing Air Crew Report 3523.

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This page was last updated on 01 March 2018

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