B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97861 / Iza Vailable III

History of
B-17 42-97861 / Iza Vailable III

Delivered Tulsa 19/3/44; Kearney 15/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 31/5/44; battle damaged Cologne 15/1/45 with Roy Stration, Dave Schroll, Tom Donahue, Gordon Bays, Bill Rhodes, Chas Knowles, Bob Koci, Gordon Maxson (8 Returned to Duty); Marion Modney {tg} (Killed in Action); force landed continent, Salvaged. IZA VAILABLE III.

Last updated: 9. March 2024

B-17 42-97861 / Iza Vailable III Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-39875 ‘Buzz Blonde’ on 10 January 1945.