Produktionsblock:
B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 bis 43-38473
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 493rd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 860th Bomb Squadron
Geschichte der
B-17 43-38310
Delivered Cheyenne 19/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 9/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Februar 2020
28. Dezember 2019 access_time 11:09
This Airframe is listed in my Grandfather’s service record as one of the airplanes he crewed as a tSgt under Cpt. Lodman. 43-38310 is mentioned in a number of entries into the Mission Logs. She is referred to as Ship 310 of Sqdn 860 – or by the Crew Designation of “One More Time” – and our first reference in the Logs is “Mission 056” to deliver ordinance to the IG Farben Chemical Plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany on 13 September, 1944.
28. Dezember 2019 access_time 12:38
Hello Tino, thank you very much for sharing you Grandfather’s records!
30. Januar 2024 access_time 15:00
Hello Tino,
I’m a collector of military antiques and I have the Ernest J. Pinkham Pilot Uniform, which was also attributed to this plane. I managed to do some good research on this veteran and I can share it with you.
I would be very happy if Tino could share the information he has to enrich our research!
01. Februar 2024 access_time 7:07
Absolutely, my pleasure – unfortunately, I’m not well-versed with Major Pinkham, I can confirm that he was in the same Squadron as my grandfather, Eugene Williams, a Tech Sergeant under Major Lodman. I’m pretty sure I can dig up the dates Major Lodman’s team crewed “One More Time”, but I don’t think that would help you much, other than give you dates that Major Pinkham’s team was on another aircraft.
01. Februar 2024 access_time 13:19
Hello Tino,
I appreciate your helpfulness and would love for us to talk about this information!
I have a small dossier on Major Pinkham, some images and documents…
I will leave my contact email here. Feel free to email me and I can respond with my information:
262.joao@gmail.com
Thanks!