Production-block:
B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 483rd Bomb Group
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 347th Bomb Squadron
Missions: 104
History of
B-17 42-29480 / Cotton Eyed Joe
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 2/2/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; ret 99BG Tortorella 17/5/44; Salvaged 28/9/45. COTTON EYED JOE.
Last updated: 20. June 2018
23. August 2020 access_time 21:40
kenneth ray boggess door gunner on this ride, 50 missions first july 5 1943 hornets nest over gerbani presidental citation second presidential citation 2 mission to destroy schwinefert ball bearing factory, brits wouldnt go, waste of time they say, they were right, Swiss were making ball bearings for the reich, an shooting down americans that strayed in their air space, lived under a plane wing to begin with in lybia, UGH Jack pierce was old mans navigator, used to work for jack, he said ur dad shot down lots of planes never turn in for that, finally crew started dowing for him.