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C R Porter

Military

11 December 1943 B17G#42-31268 landed at Warton after a ferrying mission when the tail wheel dropped into an icy unmarked hole.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

31st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:58

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 417 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia