B-17G Shadrack

The recovery of the remains of the famous B-17 "Shadrack" by SANDY AIR CORP. took place in the late summer of 2009. This particular B-17 was kept as MIA on US records after it had crashed on the glacier Taschachferner in the Tyrolean Alps on October 23rd 1944. The entire crew had baled out and survived.
Boeing B-17G-60-BO Fortress
42-102841
Construction Number: 8343
483rd Bomb Group
840st Bomb Sqn
MACR 9319