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| Serial No: |
43-38779 |
| Model: |
B-17G-95-BO |
| Manufacturer: |
Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA |
| Delivered: |
09/20/1944 |
| Assigned: |
11/07/1944 |
| Lost: |
02/16/1945 |
| Mission Lost: |
Gelsenkirchen (#209) |
| How Lost: |
Abandoned by Crew |
| Notes: |
Sustained major flak damage and abandoned over England.
The aircraft could fly only straight and level, and the crew could not find a hole in the clouds. The pilot, Lt G.W. McKay, put the aircraft on AFCE (Automatic Flight Control Equipment) and all the crew bailed out safely. The B-17 crashed near RAF Bardney, Lincs. |
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