Produktionsblock:
B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 bis 44-6500
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 486th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 834th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 2S-D
Schicksal:
Einsätze: 83
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Geschichte der
B-17 44-6314 / Ruthie Bee
Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG 2S-D] Sudbury 13/7/44; {83m}FF Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/44; Sth Plains 11/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45. RUTHIE BEE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Oktober 2018
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11. August 2021 access_time 2:29
Im researching this aircraft Ruthie Bee. My boss’s father was one of the last pilots to fly her in 1944 My boss has his fathers satchle. Inside I believe I have found the crew manifest of who flew Ruthee Bee back to the “States With him.Pilots last name was Heinritz. This satchle is just stuff with stuff only a Bomber Pilot would have. Looking for pictures of Ruthee Bee. His son, my boss said his father didnt talk much about this time in his life.
22. September 2024 access_time 16:46
My grandfather, Major Mike Bonagura was the last pilot to fly her in a mission in 1945. https://486th.org/BS834/Bonagura.htm
03. Oktober 2021 access_time 3:31
I have photo proof from my Boss’s Dads satchel Ruthie Bee came back with the Nose art “Buds Buggy”
03. Oktober 2021 access_time 11:37
Hello Scott,
that sounds interesting. Can you send me a copy of the photo?
My email: info@b17flyingfortress.de
Thank you!
Jing
04. Oktober 2021 access_time 0:35
The bombing missions show on the plane line up with Ruthie Bee’s Missions and a photo shows the plane in flight with a partial readable tail numbers
08. Februar 2024 access_time 20:14
Hello. If anyone is able and willing, I’d sure love to have some information on this B17 and its last crew. I’m a general practice physician in Appleton, Wisconsin. I was a friend of the pilot, Fred Heinritz and his wife Gretchen. Many thanks in advance.
22. September 2024 access_time 16:47
I believe my grandfather, Major Mike Bonagura, piloted the last mission in the Ruthie Bee at the end of the war. https://486th.org/BS834/Bonagura.htm