B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37624 / Victory Queen aka Liberty Queen

General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 to 43-37673
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 401st Bomb Squadron
RCL LL-P
MACR 7283
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(20 July 1944)
Missions: 17
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History of
B-17 43-37624 / Victory Queen aka Liberty Queen

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-P] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; Missing in Action {17m} Leipzig 20/7/44 with Frank Fusco (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Secleter, Navigator: Walter Lease, Bombardier: Joe Wyand, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Smiddy, Radio Operator: Dort Quackenbush, Ball turret gunner: Matt Janiszewski, Waist gunner: Lowell Kellogg,Tail gunner: Jim Morany (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, the fire spreading, crashed St Egidien, W of Chemnitz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7283. LIBERTY aka VICTORY QUEEN.

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This page was last updated on 17 August 2023

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