B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97135

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97135
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 to 42-97172
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 710th Bomb Squadron
RCL IJ-N
MACR 4252
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(29 April 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97135

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque 27/2/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 2/3/44; transferred 710BS/447BG [IJ-N] Rattlesden 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Chas Marcy{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Jesse Kendler, Navigator: George Compton, Bombardier: Jim Conway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Schrimsher, Radio Operator: Abe Farah, Ball turret gunner: Jim Isherwood, Waist gunner: Ed Perkins, Waist gunner: Bill Nicholas,Tail gunner: Jim Scully (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #1 and aircraft on fire, crashed Zermutzel, thee miles N of Neuruppin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4252.

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This page was last updated on 04 April 2018

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