| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Douglas |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17F-70-DL: 42-3483 bis 42-3503, B-17G-1-DL: 42-3483 bis 42-3503 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 384th Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 812th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | MI-A |
| Schicksal: |
, Zurückgekehrt in die USA (12 Juli 1945) |
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-3483 / Chopstick A-Able
Delivered Denver 20/6/43; Rome 7/8/43; Assigned with H2S 812BS/482BG [MI-A] Alconbury 10/43; 384BG Grafton Underwood 14/4/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 17/4/44; became radio-relay with 8th Fighter Command 22/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/12/45. CHOPSTICK A-ABLE.
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16. April 2025 access_time 5:57
There is an image of this aircraft in the summer of 1943 with a WGr. 21 rocket, an explosive that was fired into the B-17 formations by Bf 110s flying behind the formation, in Marshall Michel III’s „Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943.“ It is Image Four in this review: https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/schweinfurt-regensburg-1943-eighth-air-forces-costly-early-daylight-bombing
25. August 2025 access_time 20:29
According to my father’s records, he was in the crew that flew this plane home to Bradley on 7/12/45. They named the plane Pots and Pans since they figured it was going to be sold as scrap.