B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38323

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38323
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 303rd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 427th Bomb Squadron
RCL GN-P
MACR 8597
Fate: , Lost by flak/aa-fire
(09 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 43-38323

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 30/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-P] Molesworth 16/8/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 9/9/44 with John Newton, Co-pilot: Frank Mowatt, Navigator: George Langerd, Bombardier: Chas Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Len Turner, Ball turret gunner: Albt Bricker,Tail gunner: John Hobgood (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jim O’Leary, Waist gunner: Jim Reeves (2 Prisoner of War); flak direct hit in nose then left wing fell off, crashed Ludwigshafen; Missing Air Crew Report 8597.

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This page was last updated on 11 September 2017

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