42-30205 Battlin Betsy
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 14/6/43; on non-operational flight 13/10/43 crashed just off runway; with Rodney Due, Co-pilot: Pete Musulin, Navigator: Fred Bergman, Pvt Walter Nolan (4 Killed in Service); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Stanton (Returned to Duty); Salvaged 30/1/44. "BATTLIN' BETSY".
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- Date: 31 August 1943
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
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- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
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Contributoracbernstein1
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-90-bo-42-30132-4…
ContributorLucy May
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Corrected 'Rodney Doe' to 'Rodney Due':
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49175778/rodney-l-due