Accident Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 42-29752,
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration: 42-29752
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Blakeney -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport: RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:St Omer, France
Narrative:
The plane was ditched into the sea on May 13, 1943, after its right waist gun fired out of control.
One crew member died in the crash.

Sources:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blakeney-flying-fortress-survivor-in-second-north-sea-drama-two-months-later-1-4394819

Revision history:

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27-Jan-2016 08:47 gerard57 Added

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