B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38308

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38308
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 493rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 860th Bomb Squadron
RCL NG-A
MACR 8868
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(12 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-38308

Delivered Cheyenne 19/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG [NG-A] Debach 11/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Capt Wes Carter, Co-pilot: Ivan Briggs, Radio Operator: Bob Bandfield, Waist gunner: Ernie Musser,Tail gunner: Kasper Simms (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim Nichols, Bombardier: Henry Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Len Banther, Ball turret gunner: Matt McAda, Obs-Maj Bob Colligan (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ottersleben, SW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8868.

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