Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 to 43-38273 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 34th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Group, 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 410th Bomb Squadron, 862nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | GL-H |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (10 July 1945) |
| Missions: | 67 |
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History of
B-17 43-38223 / Day’s Pay
Delivered Cheyenne 10/7/44; Kearney 18/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; so named as 51,000 employees of the Hanford Wks, Seattle, chipped in a day’s pay towards war effort; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 862BS/493BG Debach 9/8/44; (50+m) transferred 410BS/94BG [GL-H] Rougham 10/8/44; (67m) Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/10/45. DAY’S PAY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 26 June 2018
20. December 2023 access_time 4:50
what were the missions flown by the B17 “Day’s Pay. I think there were 60, but looking for details. Mission crews, dates, routes, etc. Thank you
19. January 2024 access_time 0:31
Here is a video about the first crew that flew about 23 missions in the Day’s Pay
https://youtu.be/mWk-8JhOZ_U?si=bzkDkn2iTxlXWS7S
27. January 2024 access_time 3:41
My grandfather was the waist gunner on the second crew, in Rougham. Wilmer D VanHook. He’s still alive and telling stories. I have videos of him sharing stories if anyone wants to see them. W
18. May 2024 access_time 4:56
I’m in the commemorative Air Force in Richland, Washington, where the Hanford works was that paid for days pay. We’d love to send him some patches and stuff fr if we could.
Robert Wade poppadok@yahoo.com
12. August 2025 access_time 8:01
Was this with the 493rd BG?
28. March 2026 access_time 7:26
Dave, There’s a new book recently re-published by Xenophile Books in Richland WA. A more complete history of the plane and its 1st combat crew. More photos and crew stories including excerpts from mission logs and diaries kept by at least two crewmen. The title is DAY’S PAY, 20 bucks.
12. August 2025 access_time 7:58
There were never 51,000 workers at Hanford. In June ’44 there were a little over 45 thousand the following month workers were excessed and continued to be excessed the rest of the year