Squadron: 750th

Tail: G

Manufacturer: Boeing

Type: G-55

INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

Received at Glatton: from Grenier Army Air Field, US on May 3rd 1944

Number of Missions: unknown

Crash: May 24th 1944

On mission: mission no. 50 to Berlin, Germany

Crash location: North sea

B-17 story: Delivered to Cheyenne, US on March 26th 1944; transferred to Kearney Army Air Field, US on April 14th 1944; transferred to Grenier Army Air Field, US on April 29th 1945; assigned to Glatton, UK on May 3rd 1944; crashed in the North Sea on May 25th 1944

Information: This B-17 was badly damaged but managed to fly to the North Sea where it ditched. The crew was picked up by the Air/Sea Rescue in the afternoon of the second day. Big waves began to rise in the North Sea.

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