Production-block:
Boeing B-17D: 40-3059 to 40-3100
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 11th Bomb Group
- 19th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 14th Bomb Squadron
- 21st Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 40-3061
Delivered Hamilton; Assigned 14BS/19BG Hickam Field, HI 14-May-41; transferred Clark Field, PI 21BS/11BG with Rosey O’Donnell, Henry Dittman, Paul Tarbutton, John Carter, George Heard, Roger Stephens, John Clark, Lt Ernie Moore weather/officer, Lt Gordon Blake comm/off); to Batchelor, Aus 18-Dec-41 with Birrell Walsh, Edwin Broadhurst, Paul Tarbutton, John Carter, George Heard, Richardson, John Clark, Roger Stephens, Gauche, Wise; to Del Monte 6-Dec-41; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41 with Birrell Walsh, Bob Meyer, Jay Horowitz, Ralph Howard, Henry Baier, Ben Kimmerle, Bill Williams, Howard Gilliland, Chas Smith; destroyed Malang, Java 28-Feb-42 during evacuation, but Japanese repaired it and flew it to Japan for affiliation duties. Never served in UK.
Last updated: 18. January 2020
23. December 2019 access_time 23:24
Should be Del Monte, not “Delivered Monte.” I know that Osborne uses “Del” to mean delivered, but the air base in Mindano was actually Del Monte. This correction needs to be made in several entries of B 17Cs, Ds, and Es in this list.
23. December 2019 access_time 23:34
Thank you for this tip. Never knew that. I will go through the list and entries in the database as soon as possible.