B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37533

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37533
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 to 43-37673
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 511th Bomb Squadron
RCL DS-G
MACR 7587
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(06 August 1944)
Missions: 4
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History of
B-17 43-37533

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; with ? force landed Wyo 1/5/44; Lowry 10/5/44; Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-G] Polebrook 17/7/44; Missing in Action {4m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Wilson Strange, Navigator: Frank Booth, Ed Prokop (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: George Pappas, Bombardier: Otis Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Barlow, Radio Operator: Ross Morell, Ball turret gunner: Lionel Zeigler,Tail gunner: Don Killoran (6 Prisoner of War); flak set fire to bomb bay, ship exploded, crashed Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 7587.

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