Production-block:
B-17F-1-BO: 41-24340 to 41-24389
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 352nd Bomb Squadron
Missions: 40
History of
B-17 41-24352 / Holey Joe
Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 7/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; crash landed Mateur 9/5/43 40m with George Peabody; flak damage 6/11/43; Returned to the USA 22/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 31/10/45. HOLEY JOE.
Last updated: 9. April 2019
31. May 2024 access_time 16:09
This was my father’s airplane . He was the pilot who flew 51 missions in the African and Mediterranean theater Lt Colonel Frederick G Zimmerman. If you visit the Air & Space Museum in Washington DC you will see a DC3 or DC9 Silver Red and Blue hanging on the floor above the Spirit of St Louis. My father was the only Pilot for this plane. He flew Guy Lombardo’s Band from Luguardia Airport in New York to South Carolina to perform. Not long after it was retired to the Air and space Museum.