B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97472

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97472

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: TU-H, DS-H
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History of
B-17 42-97472

Delivered Denver 25/11/43; Kearney 18/12/43; New Castle 2/1/44; Presque Is 8/1/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-H] Polebrook 25/2/44; 511BS [DS-H]; Missing in Action 23m Dessau 28/5/44 with Chas Anderson, Co-pilot: Bob McFetridge, Navigator: Bob Ryan, Bombardier: Bill Baird, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Neal Williams, Radio Operator: Casper Vecchioni, Ball turret gunner: George Nitzberg, Waist gunner: Bernard Matzke,Tail gunner: Ed Vamhom (9POW- all 510BS); enemy aircraft, crashed Westdorf, two miles S of Aschersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5329.

Last updated: 1. March 2018

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