B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97879

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97879
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-35-VE: 42-97836 to 42-97935
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 88th Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 324th Bomb Squadron
RCL DF-E
MACR 5981 & 7807
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(01 August 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97879

Delivered Tulsa 23/3/44; 88BG Hunter 18/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bassingbourn 15/6/44; MIA Chartres A/fd 1/8/44 Pilot: Art Stevens, Gordon Dixon, Tom Schuerell, Eldred Baskin, Gordon Carrell, John Leszkowicz, Paul Taliaferro (8KIA); Larry Doyle (POW); flak, crashed Chartres, Fr; MACR 5981 & 7807.

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B-17 42-97879 Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Arthur L. Stevens KIA
CP 2LT Gordon W. Dixon KIA
BOMB T/SGT Thomas J. Minnick III KIA
ENG/TT T/SGT Eldred W. Baskin KIA
RO S/SGT Gordon E. Carrell KIA
BT S/SGT John Leszkowicz KIA
WG S/SGT Paul B. Taliaferro KIA
TG SGT Laurence E. Doyle POW

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