Squadron: 750th

Tail: G

Manufacturer: Boeing

Type: G-50

INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD (click)

Received at Glatton: from Presque Isle Army Air Field, US on March 31st 1944

Number of Missions: 4

Crash: June 14th 1944

On mission: mission no. 66 to Le Bourget/Melun, France

Crash location: Bleckmar, France

MACR: 5805 (click)

B-17 story: Delivered to Cheyenne, US on March 5th 1944; transferred to Kearney Army Air Field, US on April 5th 1944; transferred to Dow Army Air Field, US on May 6th 1944; assigned to Glatton, UK on May 7th 1944; crashed near Fleury-la-Faret, France on June 14th 1944

Information: This B-17 crashed after it was hit by a burst of FLAK which knocked out three engines. The crew bailed out and the B-17 crashed in a field near Fleury-la-Faret, France

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