B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97488

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97488
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 384th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 547th Bomb Squadron
RCL SO-
MACR 2465
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(22 February 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97488

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/2/44; 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Norman DeFrees, Co-pilot: George Hunt, Navigator: Ivan Moody, Bombardier: Ellis Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Moore, Radio Operator: Bill Wright, Ball turret gunner: Luther Smith, Waist gunner: John Ecker, Waist gunner: Harley Hallam,Tail gunner: Jack Kushner (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2465.

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