Production-block:
B-17G-65-DL: 44-6751 to 44-6875
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-6756 / Clancy’s Crew
Delivered Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 5/12/44; returning from Padua mission 12/4/45 with Tom Clancy; hit five C-47s on landing and burned out. CLANCY’S CREW.
Last updated: 6. January 2018
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18. June 2024 access_time 7:38
I’m pretty confident this is the plane that crashed into the C-47 my grandmother’s brother, T/Sgt Burl J. Hudgens, was working on, killing him instantly. If anyone else who has an association with this crash would like to reach out, feel free to do so. Rest in peace, Uncle Burl!