43-37539
Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 20/5/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG [IE- ] Rattlesden 26/5/44; taxi collision prior to mission when brakes failed and hit parked 42-3487, 23/6/44 with Gustavus Miller, Co-pilot: George Dvorak, Navigator: Dick O’Donnell, Bombardier: Lewis Mariner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Witek, Radio Operator: Roger Potwin, Ball turret gunner: Joel Wilson, Waist gunner: Cornelius Sullivan, John Scott,Tail gunner: Reo Scott (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 24/6/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bombn Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron