B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97989

History of
B-17 42-97989

Delivered Dallas 25/4/44; Langley 17/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/7/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 9/7/44; Missing in Action Warsaw (Operation Frantic VII) 18/9/44 with Jack W Streeton; force landed Russia; Salvaged 24/11/44; 7m, repaired & Assigned 301BG Lucera 9/1/45; transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola; with Richard W Kennedy force landed Goita A/fd, Italy 18/6/45.

Last updated: 22. August 2018