B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97845

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97845
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-35-VE: 42-97836 to 42-97935
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 100th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 350th Bomb Squadron
MACR 5151
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(24 May 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97845

Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/5/44; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Capt Jim Geary, Co-Pilot: Maj Maurice Fitzgerald, Navigator: Dort Payne, Bombardier: Edwin Stern, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Francis Acker, Radio Operator: Lou Paltrineri{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Carl Schuster, Waist Gunner: Jack Domening{wia}, Waist Gunner: John Trout{wia}, Tail Gunner: Lt Art Harris (10POW); flak damage, crashed Spornitz, four miles SW of Parchim, Germany. MACR 5151.

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