B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-2462 / Tojo’s Jinx aka Billy

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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2462 / Tojo’s Jinx aka Billy

Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669

Manufacturer:
Boeing

Bomb Group:
19th Bomb Group

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History of
B-17 41-2462 / Tojo’s Jinx aka Billy

Delivered Geiger 22/12/41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Java 11/2/42 TOJO’S JINX with Boron; with J.E. Hensler strafed Jackson Fd, Port Moresby while taxying 25/12/41, repaired and became hack for Lt Gen Krueger 6th Army, called BILLY, then Written off in New Guinea 3/6/45.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)

Last updated: 11. June 2017

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Philip Marchese
02. June 2018 5:24

There are some good images of this plane in an early war time Nat. Geographics.

Michael Carlotta
03. October 2022 20:10

My father was a bombardier flying in a B-17 marked 2462. His records show missions nly in Europe. I have a picture of the crew in front of this plane, with this marking. Does anyone know how I can find out about this plane? It doesn’t seem to match the description of the same # posted here.

David Heveron
28. November 2024 3:20

I too have a picture like you have described. my wife’s great was a pilot of a B-17 in Europe. we have a picture with him and his crew and the plane has 2462 on the nose. Does your picture happen to have a chalkboard with 6373 written on it? The pilots name was Fred Deiters.