B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38504

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38504
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-90-BO 43-38474 to 43-38673
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 388th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 562nd Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by mechanical fault
(16 February 1945)
Missions: 35
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History of
B-17 43-38504

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 22/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 11/9/44; during assembly for Hamm 16/2/45 Pilot: Capt Harry Beatty, Wallace Bragg, Bill Rellstab, Tribune Lio, John Biehl, Elmer Thon, John Schultz, Paul Kassen, Levi Myers, Joe Bedosky (10RTD); aircraft suffered a mechanical fault, ditched North Sea; all rescued.

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