ALFRED DAMEN COLLECTION
No. 8275. Boeing 299-O B-17G Flying Fortress (42-31134 c/n 6248) US Army Air Forces
Photograph from USAF, taken over Norway, November 16, 1943

Boeing 299-O B-17G Flying Fortress

10/31/2008. Remarks by Alfred Damen: "Pictured en route to the secret German heavy water plant near the Rjukan valley, 75 mls (121 km) west from Oslo, this B17G-5 BO belonged to 390 BG, 569 BS. It was lost at Nuremberg, Germany, on September 10, 1944, with six crew killed and three taken POW."


Created October 31, 2008