B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97064 / Virginia Lee II

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97064 / Virginia Lee II
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 711th Bomb Squadron
RCL IR-C
MACR 4296
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire, interned
(13 April 1944)
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B-17 42-97064 / Virginia Lee II

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 11/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-C] Rattlesden 16/3/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Capt Oliver Keller, Co-pilot: Capt Larry Maguire, Navigator: Bill Bird, Bombardier: Jesse Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Coleman Hodges, Radio Operator: Bob McReynolds, Ball turret gunner: Eddes King, Waist gunner: Stan Postelnik, Waist gunner: Tony Coputo,Tail gunner: Lt John Hodges (10INT); flak ko’d #4 engine and gas leak, force landed Dubendorf Afd, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 4296. VIRGINIA LEE II.

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