| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron, 418th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-C |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (06 June 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-5854 / Alley Oop
Delivered Long Beach 23/3/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG 30/5/43 Thorpe Abbotts; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 13/7/43; {28m} 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/6/44; Culver 25/7/44; Las Vegas 9/11/44; Kelley 10/6/45; Culver 1/9/45; Love Fd 8/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. ALLEY OOP.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 15 September 2017
28. September 2025 access_time 5:42
‘Alley Oop’, 42-5854, appears in “Target for Today”, a 1944 documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2. Footage of it taking off.