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Quelle:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Produktionsblock:
Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 bis 41-9245
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 325th Bomb Squadron
- 342nd Bomb Squadron
- 359th Bomb Squadron
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Geschichte der
B-17 41-9125 / Prowler
Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 21/4/42; transferred 342BS/97BG Polebrook /8/43; with Alex Blair on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; courier flights to N Africa; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon 2/5/43 as tow target a/c.; on 4/5/43 involved in taxi accident with Jake Fullilove at Alconbury; PROWLER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. Juni 2017
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B-17 41-9125 / Prowler Details
War am ersten Einsatz des 8. US Bomber-Kommando am 17. August 1942 beteiligt.
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24. August 2024 access_time 21:21
My father , Alex Blair, was the pilot for Prowler. There is an amazing Life Magazine photo spread with this raid and Prowler in the painting – with my dad piloting…