
Quelle:
www.fold3.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 bis 42-107233
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 612th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SC-D
Einsätze: 121
Geschichte der
B-17 42-106992 / Baby Lu aka Grin ‘n Bare It
Delivered Denver 19/1/44; Dalhart 4/2/44; Presque 23/3/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-D] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; force landed continent 19/4/45; Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/12/45. “BABY LU” aka GRIN ‘N BEAR IT.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 1. Januar 2020
12. Februar 2021 access_time 2:52
My Grandfather was Kent D. White & he was the Ball Turret Gunner on the Grin n’ Bare It… As a kid I would beg him to tell me WW2 stories and he did not disappoint… I miss him every single day.