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[97] [98] The B-17, of the 224th AAF Base Unit, out of Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, was part of a formation of bombers on a camera-gunnery mission, en route to Bruning AAF, which was flying in several elements. The fighter struck the wing man of the second element of the low formation. [99] Only four crew of ten aboard the B-17 managed to ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
The number of operational B-17s has dwindled over time, but there are still several in flying condition. Of the 12,731 B-17s built, about 4,735 were lost during the war. After the war, planes that had flown in combat missions were sent for smelting at boneyards, such as those at Walnut Ridge and Kingman. Consequently, only six planes that ...
In January 2019, a surviving B-17 (serial number 44-8543) operated by Erickson Aircraft Collection of Madras, Oregon, was repainted as Ye Olde Pub. [25] The plane is flown in airshows and to provide historic flight experiences. [26] Lloyd Jennings, a waist gunner on the B-17, was the last surviving crew member of the incident; he died in 2016. [27]
The Pink Lady is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber, serial number 44-8846, which flew several missions for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) over Nazi Germany near the end of World War II. The plane is now on static display in Cerny, Essonne, France.
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B-17 37743 42-30039 was hit by flak and came down into sea short of target. [30] Second missed the "Nordsee III" pen due to poor weather conditions [17] [18] Heligoland U-boat pens 30 October 1944 B-17 42-30066 [29] (Mugwump, Rum Bogie II) B-17F 42-3438 [31] Mission 693A: Two of five B-17s made an Aphrodite attack on Heligoland Island, Germany ...
145 of 163 B-17s open shuttle bombing between the United Kingdom and the USSR. 72 P-38s, 38 P-47 Thunderbolts and 57 P-51s escort the B-17s to the target, a synthetic oil plant at Ruhland, Germany 123 B-17s bomb the primary target, 21 bomb the marshaling yard at Elsterwerda) and a lone B-17 bombs the marshaling yard at Riesa) owing to a bomb ...