| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , Boeing B-17D: 40-3059 to 40-3100 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 11th Bomb Group, 19th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 14th Bomb Squadron, 21st Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: | |
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.
This page was last updated on 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.