Production-block:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 369th Bomb Squadron
- 526th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WW-B, LF-G
History of
B-17 42-29824 / Fearless Fosdike
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Memphis 27/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 24/4/43; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-G] Kimbolton 3/10/43; battle damaged Bremen 29/11/43 crash landed Leiston; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 1/12/43; RG 14/1/44; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Miami 1/9/44; Tinker 24/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/1/46. FEARLESS FOSDIKE.
Last updated: 20. June 2018
25. February 2020 access_time 5:51
Details of Fearless Fosdike mission and crash landing 29/11/43 are described by Ray Matheny, who was engineer on that flight. Book: “Rite of Passage.” Pages 132-143