Production-block:
B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- 487th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- 838th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IN-D
History of
B-17 42-3507 / Duffy’s Tavern
Delivered Tulsa 15/7/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-D] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham 15/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) South Plains 1/10/45. DUFFY’S TAVERN.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
29. June 2023 access_time 21:17
My grandpa, Robert Ratcliffe, flew this plane in 4 missions in Germany – Kassel, Munster-Handorf, Cologne, and Merseburg.