B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97985

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97985
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 332nd Bomb Squadron
RCL XM-Q
Fate: , Mid-air collision
(30 November 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97985

Delivered Dallas 24/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 28/6/44; mid air coll Pilot: 44-8177 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44, w/Owen Winter, Co-Pilot: Chas Kennedy, Navigator: Dick Lambert, Bombardier: Dave Berz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carmon Singletary, Radio Operator: Phil Goldfarb, Ball Turret Gunner: John McCarney, Waist Gunner: Reuben Olson, Tail Gunner: Elmer Paris (9KIA); tail snapped off and ship crash-landed field near base & burnt out. Salvaged.

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B-17 42-97985 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #44-8177 on 30 November 1944.

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