| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group, 92nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 326th Bomb Squadron, 339th Bomb Squadron, 569th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | JW-E |
| MACR | 8455 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (16 August 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-29962 / Rum Boogie II aka Dottie III aka Green Banana
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Selfridge 29/4/43; Presque Is 4/5/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43 RUM BOOGIE II; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-E] Alconbury 26/7/43; mid air collision with 42-29725 (92BG) with Jim Foster, force landed 13 miles north of Portsmouth 30/8/43; AFSC Bovingdon 16/10/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/11/43; transferred 569BS/390BG Framlingham; Missing in Action [48m] Zeitz 16/8/44 with Bob Buckley, Co-pilot: Bob Nye, Navigator: John Stearns, tog-Lewis Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Blackmon, Radio Operator: Francis McDemott, Ball turret gunner: Ray Cook, Waist gunner: Bill Combow (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Herbert Harms (Killed in Action); flak hit set front of ship on fire which exploded, crashed Calsewitz, W of Zeitz, Ger; DOTTIE III aka GREEN BANANA. Missing Air Crew Report 8455.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
23. July 2025 access_time 8:08
Absaturzort CAUERWITZ, mindestens 7 Flakbatterien waren an dem Abschuß beteiligt (-> Quelle RL_5_1460_0040).