Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Jan 3, 1947, Lerwick S...
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on January 3, 1947 near Lerwick Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom with no fatalities.
- Date: January 3, 1947
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Lerwick Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
A USAAF Air Sea Rescue Boeing B 17 left Keflavik on a local flight, but a snowstorm forced a diversion and the crew became lost with little fuel and no wireless operator. The crew bailed out over the Shetland area and the aircraft was lost at sea west of the mainland, with all five crew surviving.