Produktionsblock:
B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 bis 43-38873
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 601st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 3o-R
Geschichte der
B-17 43-38730
Delivered Spokane 13/9/44; Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned as replacement from 5 ARSD Stansted to 601BS/398BG [3O-R] Nuthampstead 10/10/44; repaired Missing in Action 10/11/44 with Magness, AOC then re-ass group 12/11/44; severe battle damaged on 19/3/45, with Lt Costanzo but returned to base; repaired at 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton re-ass 21/4/45; RAF Valley 21/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 5. Februar 2018
21. Februar 2020 access_time 22:37
43-38730 was the ship my uncle, Linn Rogers, piloted on what I believe was his final mission with the 601st. Soest was the target, 4 Dec 1944.