Produktionsblock:
B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 bis 41-24489
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 368th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BO-Q
Geschichte der
B-17 41-24487 / Eager Beaver
Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Q] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; AFSC 1/5/44; was longest serving B-17F in 8th BC; Returned to the USA Tinker 28/7/44; to Williamsport Technical Institute, Patterson Fd, Penn.; 20/6/45 for aeronautical programme, the nose section still on display. EAGER BEAVER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. Januar 2018
02. Februar 2021 access_time 4:15
that was my father’s plane , he’s the airman in the movie the memphis belle getting a transfusion on his B 17 , july 26 , 1943 , purple heart,silver star & more
02. Februar 2021 access_time 8:06
That’s very interesting information! Thank you!
What’s the name of your father?
22. Oktober 2021 access_time 4:50
oscar krigbaum , airman getting transfusion on his plane in memphis belle movie,winks at the camera,puffs a cig .
02. Februar 2021 access_time 8:21
Looked to some history files. Oscar W. Krigbaum, I thiink?
16. März 2024 access_time 1:18
My great grandpa actually flew on Eager Beaver as a fill in for a few times along with the Memphis Belle but his assigned plane was the Top Hat as a bombardier