Dec 15, 2024
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Big Poison
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-3789 was delivered at Cheyenne on 2/6/44. It was assigned to the 849 Bomber Squadron 490 Bomber Group on 1/7/44. During assembly for a raid on 6/2/45 there was a mid-air collision with 43-37806. Big Poison crashed near Prickwillow Suffolk, UK. The ball gunner was killed while the remaining crew bailed out. Two civilians were also killed and three injured.
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