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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 bis 42-31231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
Einsätze: 126
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31225 / Scheherazade
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; 126m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 4/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. SCHEHERAZADE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Oktober 2018
15. Januar 2021 access_time 19:58
My father was a co-pilot on this plane from April 1, 1944 until completion of 35 missions on August 8, 1944.
I still have his leather jacket with the name Sheherazade painted on the back and 35 bombs denoting the number of missions completed.
16. November 2022 access_time 8:47
My father was the original co-pilot of Scherherazade that flew the plane from the states to England. He was the one that came up with the name, naming it after the symphonic suite.
16. Februar 2021 access_time 19:16
My father-in-law, Jack Cooke, was a pilot of the Scheherazade.
10. Oktober 2022 access_time 2:29
My father-in-law was a nose gunner on the scheherezade 447/709 42-31225. his name was John Jacob Chezik. I have posted 2 photos of him in hopes someone may have photos of the men by the place. I would love to have one of those and I keep searching. Maybe one day.
07. Januar 2022 access_time 6:33
My father, Norman Massett was the original co-pilot that flew the plane from the states to England. He flew it on 5 missions then took damage. It went in for repairs and he flew his sixth mission in a borrowed plane named “Red Ass” and was shot down on February 13, 1944 and spent the rest of the war in a German prison camp. He was the one that named it Scheherazade
10. Januar 2023 access_time 1:38
My father was copilot when on the 7th of Feburary 1945 was forced to land near Lilli France and spent 4 days away from base. On the official record of that day they were listed a MIA. The plane