Produktionsblock:
B-17G-65-VE: 44-8401 bis 44-8500
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 385th Bomb Group
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-F
Geschichte der
B-17 44-8415
Delivered Patterson 6/9/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-F] Gt Ashfield 28/9/44; Transferred: 447BG Rattlesden 30/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 11/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Januar 2019
27. April 2024 access_time 5:00
Something wrong here. A/C is clearly wearing the checker tail of 385th as it was allocated to 93rd Bomb Wing. That didn’t happen until Feb 45. Suspect the transfer date to 447th BG etc is incorrect
27. April 2024 access_time 5:09
See also Mission Record Harold Prange https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/44-8415 which lists him as pilot (in 385th) of this ship on 13 Jan 45.
27. April 2024 access_time 5:11
Aircraft listed as ‘Biyou Belle’ – not my spelling!