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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17E 41-9044 was assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon Sep-42, then to Alconbury 6-Jan-43; detailed Portreath-Gibraltar with mail, freight & passengers, but engines malfunction and poor weather forced to return but crash landed Chivenor, Devon 14-Feb-43 10RTD. No MACR issued
P Alan Hermance (RTD) CP Bob Parkinson (RTD)
N Henry Hughes (RTD) B not carried
E/TTG Earl DeMasters (RTD); RO George Brock (RTD)
AG Amos Behl RTD; TG John Ford (RTD)
Passenger Brig Gen W.T. Larson (RTD); Passenger Capt C.L. Halsey (RTD)
Passenger Comdr M.N. Little, USN (RTD)
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
14 February 1943
The marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany are once again slated at the primary target for this mission. A force of 74 B-17s are despatched: 91BG (20); 303BG (17); 305BG (17); 306BG (20), but weather once again forces the mission to be recalled before...
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When...
Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) | Chivenor, Braunton, Barnstaple, Devon EX31, UK | 14 February 1943 |
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This aircraft was NOT part of the mission to Hamm, Germany on this date, but this is the date upon which it crash-landed at Chevinor, UK and was so badly damaged that it was salvaged. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 January 2015 20:48:24 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015 Added Block Number per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman; converted dates in Description to military style signification; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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