Production-block:
B-17G-35-VE: 42-97836 to 42-97935
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 463rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 775th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 42-97912 / Purple Heart Kid
Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 4/7/44; battle damaged Wiener Neustadt 26/3/45, Salvaged.
Last updated: 17. June 2017
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18. October 2024 access_time 15:07
I’m searching for a photo, particularly the nose art, of B-17 Purple Heart Kid (42-97912). my father, then Lt. John (Joe) De La Garza was the navigator on the 24 March 1945 Berlin tank works raid. I have the flak piece that landed that barely missed him.
07. June 2025 access_time 11:25
Hello John, in which Crew flew your Father, Pilotsname. Danke
30. August 2025 access_time 15:39
aircraft commander/pilot was
30. August 2025 access_time 15:46
aircraft commander/pilot was Capt. Peter Joost of California, Unable to trace anything about him except her later worked for state forest service there.
01. September 2025 access_time 9:25
thank you, i had a foto from the side , you see a flakhole near the waistgunner right side.
01. September 2025 access_time 13:09
I would appreciate seeing a photo of thst flak hole. I do not have any photos of the aircraft.