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Some wreckage remains at the site. [17] 3 June 1943 B-17F-55-DL, 42-3399, "Scharazad", [37] of the Plummer Provisional Group, 318th Bomb Squadron, [35] flying to Grand Island, Nebraska, from Pendleton Army Air Base in Oregon crashes on Bomber Mountain in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. 10 crew members were killed. Wreckage finally discovered ...
The aircraft involved was a 74-year-old Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, military serial number 44-83575 (variant B-17G-85-DL) with civilian registration N93012. [4] The aircraft was painted as a representation of a different B-17G, [ 5 ] Nine-O-Nine , with military serial number 42-31909 (variant B-17G-30-BO), which had been scrapped shortly after ...
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew her.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany (2 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Luftwaffe experten (ace) Jürgen Harder (13 June 1918 – 17 February 1945), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, with 64 claimed victories, was killed in the crash of a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14, Werk. Nr. 784 738, near Strausberg, Germany, after the plane's engine failed. Technical experts who analysed the wreckage concluded that ...
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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 ...