Production-block:
B-17G-40-DL: 44-6001 to 44-6125
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-B, LD-B
MACR: 8811
History of
B-17 44-6089 / Leading Lady
Delivered Tulsa 28/4/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-B] Thorpe Abbotts 23/5/44; transferred 418BS [LD-B]; Missing in Action Bohlen 11/9/44 with Larry Riegel, Co-pilot: Joe Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Herrick, Radio Operator: Ray Deming, Waist gunner: Phil Mangan,Tail gunner: Jewell Spruell (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Prater{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Chas Dolby, Ball turret gunner: Nestor Colleghin (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schmiedeberg, Ger (now Kovarska, Czech). Missing Air Crew Report 8811. LEADING LADY.
Last updated: 29. September 2017
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