Charles M Rice

Military

The brakes failed on landing at RAF Shoreham, Sussex, overshooting the runway and hitting a guard shack on 11 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31314 'Scorchy'. RTD. Mission target was Frankfurt am Main, GR.







On 26 November 1943 mission to Bremen, B17#42-517 ÒFast Worker IIÓ was attacked by ME109 and made emergency landing at Attlebridge, Norfolk. RTD

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31314

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scorchy
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (BN-U, serial number 42-5177) nicknamed "Fast Woman (Fast Worker II)". Image via Pete Bowens.

42-5177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fast Woman : Fast Worker MK II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 387