Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LL-E |
| MACR | 5354 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 May 1944) |
| Missions: | 23 |
History of
B-17 42-32076 / Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby
Delivered Denver 24/1/44; Cheyenne 28/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 29/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 23/3/44; Missing in Action 23m Posnan 29/5/44 with Bob Guenther, Co-pilot: George Havrisik, Navigator: John Lowdermilk, Bombardier: Leon Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Shoesmith, Radio Operator: John Bigham, Ball turret gunner: Nick Premenko, Waist gunner: Harry Nicely,Tail gunner: Harry Teems (9INT); flak, three engines out, force landed Bulltofta Afd, near Malmo, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 5354. Used as Swedish airliner SE-BAP, the sold to Denmark for $1 and called STIG VIKING, later to STORE BJORN on African routes; bought by IGNF as F-BGSH for geographical work before retiring at Creuil, Fr; sold to USAF for 20 cents and re-stored at Wright-Patterson in over 60,000 man hours. Now static in AF Museum, Dayton, Oh., as SHOO SHOO SHOO BABY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-32076 / Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby Details
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This page was last updated on 14 May 2019
10. March 2024 access_time 16:42
I think I have some photos of the landing in sweden
12. March 2024 access_time 19:57
Hallo Maria,
can you send me the pictures via email?
my mail: info@b17flyingfortress.de
Thank you!
26. February 2026 access_time 21:43
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby was actually restored at Dover AFB by the volunteers of the 512th Aircraft Restoration Group to airworthy condition in 1988 and flown to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force for display. The aircraft is now at Smithsonian’s Udvar Hazy Center awaiting display.