Source:
SDASM Archives
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-40-DL: 44-6001 to 44-6125 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group, 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 364th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WF-J |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (13 June 1945) |
| Missions: | 28+ |
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History of
B-17 44-6009 / Flak Eater
Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 1/5/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Chelveston 17/5/44; force landed on continent 4/12/44 but repaired 28+m, then transferred 351BG Polebrook 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. FLAK EATER.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 20 February 2019
12. June 2022 access_time 12:15
To whom it may concern, S/Sgt. Fred Piper, the belly turret gunner on the “Flak Eater ” has just passed on at the age of 97 years old on May 24th 2022.
The was a crewmembers daughter who had been in contact with him over the years, but I did not know her name in order to let her know about his recent passing.
Fred had served on 36 missions with the 305th BG, 364the SQ…
He had been a lifelong resident of Sedona and the Verde Valley in Arizona..
25. August 2022 access_time 13:58
I met fred in cottonwood az god love him a real hero