B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38164

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 to 43-38273
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 398th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 600th Bomb Squadron, 601st Bomb Squadron
RCL N8-H, 3O-H
Fate: , Battle damaged
(05 January 1945)
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History of
B-17 43-38164

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-H] Nuthampstead 15/8/44; transferred 601BG [3O-H] ; on mission to Brux 12/9/44 with ? , Ball turret gunner: Chas Rosenblum (Killed in Action); battle damaged Koblenz 5/1/45 with Aniello; crash landed continent; Salvaged 5 SAD Merville, Fr.10/2/45.

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B-17 43-38164 Details

398th Bomb Group mission summery for 12 September 1944 said:
One ship dropped from the lead group on route back due to anoxia which proved to be fatal to one crew member.

#43-38164 was in lead group on mission to Brux, Czechoslovakia on 12 September 1944. So Ball turret gunner Charles N. Rosenblum possibly died due to anoxia. Pilot was Hunt.

 

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