B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish

History of
B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Last updated: 20. December 2020

B-17 43-38325 / Flying Fish Details

Identified as ‘Flying Fish’ by John L. Lester. His uncle Julius Wayne Lester was a ball turret gunner on this B-17 and flew 27 of his 35 missions with it.