B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38944

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38944
General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-100-BO: 43-38874 to 43-39073
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 398th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 603rd Bomb Squadron, 748th Bomb Squadron
Fate: , Lost by unknown reason
(02 January 1945)
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History of
B-17 43-38944

Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [L] Glatton 10/11/44; transferred 603BS/398BG detailed on ferry flight from Burtonwood to Nuthampstead using only five crewmen 2/1/45 with Don DeCleene, Co-pilot: Maynard Stravinski, Navigator: Tom Manos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Garry, Radio Operator: Howard Ayres (5 Killed in Service); crashed Birchenhough Hill, Derbyshire, UK 31/1/45; Salvaged 1/2/45.

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B-17 43-38944 Details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmrsSTXCaw

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This page was last updated on 05 February 2018

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