44-6139 | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6139

General
Manufacturer:	Douglas
Production-Block:	, B-17G-45-DL: 44-6126 to 44-6250

Operational History
Bomb Group:	, 351st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron:	, 509th Bomb Squadron
RCL	DS-K
Fate:	, Crashlanding, Battle damaged (12 September 1944)

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History of
B-17 44-6139

Delivered: Tulsa 12/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 509BS/351BG [DS-K] Polebrook 8/6/44; {30m} battle damage Brux 12/9/44 Pilot: ‘, Tauno Maki [a crew member]; forced landing Belgium. ium continent; Salvaged. 14/11/45.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.

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B-17 44-6139 Crew

Position	Rank	Name	Status	Note
P	---	Don Hadley	RTD	-
CP	---	Tauno Maki	RTD	-
NAV	---	Zebulon Hites	RTD	-
BOMB	---	George Hotchkin	RTD	-
ENG/TT	---	Earl Rhodes	RTD	-
RO	---	Ed Wasinger	RTD	-
BT	---	Roy Lantrip	RTD	-
WG	---	Milton Griffin	RTD	-
TG	---	Albert Grantham	RTD	-

This page was last updated on 01 March 2018

JPM
12. December 2021 12:14

Hi there! Ilived in La bruyère during 13 years, and during that time a gentlemen from the village (André-Marie Lebrun)did a full research on the Don Hadley belly landing. He found the member of the crew who were still alive ( Hadley, Maki, Hites and Griffin)and we welcomed them for a few days. Very nice guys! This was around 1993-94! God bless those heros!