B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97987

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97987
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 730th Bomb Squadron
RCL +B
Fate: , Landing accident
(16 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-97987

Delivered Dallas 24/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 17/7/44; Aborted mission to Stuttgart 16/7/44, ran off runway on return into ditch, crew OK; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

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