B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-6087 / Royal Flush aka Harper’s Ferry

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6087 / Royal Flush aka Harper’s Ferry

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: LD-Z

MACR: 8074

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History of
B-17 42-6087 / Royal Flush aka Harper’s Ferry

Delivered Long Beach 18/7/43; Cheyenne 19/7/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action (75m) Villacoublay 11/8/44 with Alfred Aske, Navigator: Gordon Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Williams,Tail gunner: Stuart Allison (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Jim Magargee, Waist gunner: Armando Consorto (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Chas Barber, Radio Operator: Chas Nekvasil, Ball turret gunner: Norman Fernaays (3 evaded capture & Returned to Duty); flak hit #3 engine and crashed Villebon near Meudon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8074. HARPER’S FERRY aka ROYAL FLUSH.

Last updated: 2. October 2017

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