42-29780 Silver Queen
Object Number - UPL 19258 - B-17F 4229780 'Silver Queen' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore Fd 8/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-P] Alconbury 5/4/43; 335BS [OE-P]; 6m, transferred 92BG Alconbury 12/6/43 but switched to 3BD HQ as hack for Curtis Le May; Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44; Patterson 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. (first NMF aircraft in 8AF).
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
People
Places
Missions
- Date: 13 May 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK | 8 February 1944 | Take Off Accident, Bury St Edmunds/Sta 468, Cat 3 damage Lt Elmer M Richardson, 8-2-44. |
|
Other Returned Stateside |
Grenier Field Rd, Londonderry, NH 03053, USA | 26 December 1944 | Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44. |