B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37870

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37870
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 to 43-37873
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 384th Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 547th Bomb Squadron, 710th Bomb Squadron
RCL SO-H
MACR 7818
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(29 July 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-37870

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 28/6/44; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-H] Grafton Underwood 17/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Ned Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Ken Fernquist chute failed (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Gyori, Navigator: Marvin Greenburg, Bombardier: Paul Moyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Bingaman, Radio Operator: Morris Owens, Waist gunner: Bob Sullivan, Ball turret gunner: Frank Caruso,Tail gunner: Paul Thomas (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Obertreba, NE of Apolda, SW of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7818.

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