B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97325

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97325
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 508th Bomb Squadron
RCL YB-H
MACR Accident Report 44-5-24-510
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(23 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97325

Delivered: Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 508BS/351BG [YB-H] Polebrook 7/4/44; {17m} on return from Berlin 24/5/44, Pilot: Pete Crowe, Co-Pilot: Norris Nelson, Navigator: Bob Russeth, Bombardier: Frank Rubin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Germany. ld Fiebelkorn, Tail Gunner: Frank Lopez (6KIA); Radio Operator: Theo Popp, Ball Turret Gunner: Edwin Harden, Waist Gunner: Joe Duggan{wia} (3RTD); mid air collision with B-24 and crash-landed Hoxne, Suffolk, Salvaged.

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B-17 42-97325 Details

Collision with B-24J-140-CO 42-110172 (Pilot: 1Lt Kenneth C Barton)

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This page was last updated on 01 March 2018

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