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Production-block:
B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 to 43-37873
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 43-37795 / Miss Minookey
Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/44; Hunter 1/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 16/6/44; crash landed 8/5/45; Sal, repaired & ret group 6/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.MISS MYNOOKEY
Last updated: 31. December 2018
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19. August 2024 access_time 18:11
I believe this was my Uncle’s Plane. His name was Raymond G Reams and he was a pilot/co pilot in the 447th and that’s what he told us the name of the plane was. He did crash land I know. He passed away in 2007 and wish I had learned more about his service.
03. February 2025 access_time 3:03
Hey John, this was my Great Grandfather’s plane as well. He flew over 30 missions with 447th as a waist gunner. His name was Staff Sergeant William D. Noa of Hamden, Connecticut. He was wounded in a mission over Merseburg I believe on a stand in B-17F named I believe the “Nostalgia.” The pilot was David Craig who was rumoured to have done a barrel role over the North Sea as family lore goes. There’s a famous family letter that I have a copy of at home where my great grandfather that gives an insightful account of the aerial war in the ETO. When I get home from college I’ll have to look into it. Theres also some photos of the crew and others. If I remember the name of the crew chief his name was Pappy.
05. April 2025 access_time 23:17
Connor: I have a copy of that letter. My uncle Charlie Bante was a member of the crew and shot up on a mission to Mainz on 5 October 1944. He was a staff sergeant and a tail gunner on that plane. I have the letter in a PDF. Per my Aunt Bill Noa sent the letter to Fred and David Lee, children of the farmer that owned the land they were stationed on. If someone could tell me how to post it I will do so.
05. April 2025 access_time 23:30
I just reread the letter from Bill Noa. The first mission they had was to Mainz and was a success. On 6 October 1944 they were flying to Berlin to bomb a Tiger factory on their 19th mission. That was the one where my uncle Charlie, tail gunner, got injured, along with several other crew members. They made it back to base but got a different plane the next day, the Nostrovia.