Production-block:
B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 to 43-38273
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 490th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 849th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 43-38111
Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 25/7/44; lost on training flight 5/1/45 with Don Wood, Co-pilot: John Smith, Navigator: Forest Redman, Ex Navigator: Warren Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Todt, instr Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Hammond, instr Radio Operator: Cliff Kwasigroh, Radio Operator: Ed Sarazewski, instr p-Lt Paul McGee (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38050 (490BG); crashed Rougham A/fd, Sfk. UK; Salvaged 17/1/45.
Last updated: 27. May 2019
B-17 43-38111 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-38050 on 05 January 1945.
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