Quelle:
Museum of Flight
| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 bis 41-2669 |
| Ausgeliefert: | San Antonio |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 7th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | - |
| Schicksal: | |
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Geschichte der
B-17 41-2499
Delivered San Antonio 10/1/42; 7BG Hawaii 2/42; then Singosari, Java 9/2/42 with Smithson; to Asanol, India with Norman Llewellyn 2/4/42; with Capt Don Keiser 20/5/42; Returned to the USA Hendricks 14/6/43; 4121 BU Kelly 23/9/44; 3018 BU Kingman 18/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.
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08. Januar 2019 access_time 11:29
I have a photo of the tail of this bomber at Hendricks Field in 1943
14. Oktober 2020 access_time 18:19
I would love to get a copy of that picture. It was my grandpop’s plane.
14. Oktober 2020 access_time 18:21
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19. Mai 2025 access_time 17:11
I have found a picture of this B-17 and added it to my database.
17. September 2025 access_time 6:32
I don’t know where the author got his information, but this history is completely incorrect. I have copies of my father’s orders where he and his crew was sent by train to the Boeing plant to pick up 1-2499. I also have his flight log, which shows that they flew it down across the US to MacDill, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, to Natal, then across the Atlantic and Africa. Originally, they were to defend Java, but it fell before they got there, so they were redirected to India. They were dropping bombs in Burma by 08 March 1942. He also was in the Halpro group in N. Africa. After completing their
tour, they came back to CONUS; 1-2499 was later flown back to Hendricks Field where a ground crewman cracked it up. I have copies of all these documents, including his flight log, and there is an image of 1-2499 in Jungle camoflage at Hendricks.
29. November 2025 access_time 21:30
See your photo at 38-583 with this B-17E tail (12499) in the background. The tail of 12499 carries the typical early 1943 disruptive green dappled edging used by the AAF globally at that time. while not conclusive, the photo at 38-583 does but this B-17E at the same place as the B series sometime during/after 1943.