TODAY IN AVIATION HISTORY - JULY 6, 1944 - ROSE OF YORK

In honor of Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, a United States Army Air Forces heavy bomber, 42-102547 B-17 Flying Fortress was christened Rose of York by the Princess on her royal visit to the airfield R.A.F. Thurleigh (U.S.A.A.F. Station 111), 5 miles north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It was part of the 306th Bomb Group throughout it's 62 successful missions. It was destroyed on the return from a raid to Berlin on it's 63rd mission over the English channel with all 9 crew and a reporter.

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