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Quelle:
www.fold3.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-15-DL: 42-3004 bis 42-3038
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 384th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 366th Bomb Squadron
- 412th Bomb Squadron
- 544th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: KY-N, SU-Z
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3037 / Windy City Avenger
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/43. Assigned 412BS/95BG Memphis 20/4/43. Transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-N] Grafton Underwood 1/8/43. 544BS/384BG [SU-Z] Grafton Underwood 20/9/43. 14 October 1943 damaged over Schweinfurt with Bill Price, Co-pilot: Lee Coleman, Navigator: Harry Harvey, Bombardier: Leroy Arquette, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Beaty, Radio Operator: Bob Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Griffin, Waist gunner: Earl Nelson, Waist gunner: Ralph Grant, Tail gunner: Don Dailey (10 Returned to Duty). Crash landed Wakerley, near Corby, Northamptonshire, UK 14/10/43, Salvaged.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 20. Juni 2021
B-17 42-3037 / Windy City Avenger Details
Nach Recherche zeigt das Bild mit der Bugbemalung nicht die B-17 „42-3037 / Windy City Avenger“, weil die B-17 im Bild Merkmaler einer Boeing-Produktion zeigt (seitliches MG-Fenster). Die genaue Seriennummer der „Windy City Avenger“ im Bild ist nicht bekannt.
08. August 2025 access_time 2:06
My research suggests that Windy City Avenger is a mid-block B-17F-90- BO modified with angled cheeks and swivel gun mounts. The presence of cheek guns is not the determine fact, but rather the type of cheek positions.
21. August 2025 access_time 6:57
some more discoveries by me and viewing the Thompson synopsis moves this assessment in two directions, yet I still favor the Boeing solution. the difference in the Boeing solution is the presence of direction finding sense (line) antenna and mast under the nose which did not appear as a production feature until block F-110-BO. That narrows the F-BO population by a good margin.
in the other direction, the Aero/Thompson synopsis on the early block Douglas buts that s/n through several modification centers before departing the US in April, 1943 after a several months delay. That very marginally opens the possible of the added angled cheeks and mast were a late modification before leaving the US. However, the time window is very slim ; and that possibility still leaves the Boeing style underside camouflage demarcation to be explained.
Bottomline: I am still of the opinion that this is an F-BO and now recommend it is of block 110 or later.
21. August 2025 access_time 10:20
I have a shortlist of 5 candidates for ‚Windy City Avenger‘ – B-17F-115-BO 42-30650, B-17F-115-BO 42-30652, B-17F-115-BO 42-30678, B-17F-120-BO 42-30809, and B-17F-130 B-17 42-31019. I favour B-17F-120-BO 42-30809 as it transferred to the RAF on 22nd January 1944, the same date as the photo.