B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38295

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38295
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 493rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 861st Bomb Squadron
RCL G6-S
MACR 8867
Fate: , Lost by enemy aircraft
(12 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-38295

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 861BS/493BG [G6-S] Debach 10/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Chas Spencer, Co-pilot: Dawson Watters, Ball turret gunner: Norman Carter,Tail gunner: Vernon Van Dinter (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Harry Leibowitz, Bombardier: Sam Cale, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Pax, Radio Operator: Bob Bodwell, Waist gunner: Buford Balay (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Aderstedt, N of Halberstadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8867.

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