B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3287 / Dribble Puss aka Sugar Puss

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3287 / Dribble Puss aka Sugar Puss
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-45-DL: 42-3284 to 42-3338
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 94th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 410th Bomb Squadron
RCL GL-O
MACR 15735
Fate: , Crashlanding
(04 August 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-3287 / Dribble Puss aka Sugar Puss

Delivered Denver 28/4/453; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-O] Earls Colne DRIBBLE PUSS 6/43; Rougham 13/6/43 re-named SUGAR PUSS; on practice mission 4/8/43 with Frank Colby, Co-pilot: W.E. Gregor, Navigator: G.Gordon, Bombardier: G. Shead, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A. Hunt, Radio Operator: John Jones{died from anoxia}, pass-C. Trott; obs-Col Elliott Vandervanter{385BG}, (6 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Shoreham, Sx, UK; Salvaged 10/7/43 at Honington AD. Missing Air Crew Report 15735. SUGAR PUSS.

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This page was last updated on 04 April 2018

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