B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97307 / Flak Shak

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97307 / Flak Shak
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 385th Bomb Group, 398th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 548th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Battle damaged
(12 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97307 / Flak Shak

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 4/5/44; battle damaged Bohlen 12/9/44 with Pilot: Charles Lundsberg, Co-pilot: J.M. Ellzey, Navigator: Bob Smallman, Bombardier: John Wise, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cosmo Robasco, Radio Operator: Forrest Sampson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sizer, Waist gunner: Jack Walker,Tail gunner: Ed Morgan (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Brussels; Salvaged 3/1/45.

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This page was last updated on 30 January 2018

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