Source:
nationalmuseum.af.mil
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 19th Bomb Group, 7th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: | |
History of
B-17 41-2416 / San Antonio Rose
Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 9-Sep-41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 13] then 40BS/19BG Hickam Field, HI, one of the aircraft arrived over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Lt Frank Bostrom, Lt Wilson Cook, Lt Earl Sheggrud, Avn Cdt Bob Carruthers, T/Sgt Herb Collins, S/Sgt Les Hansen, Pfc Herb Wheatley, Pfc Elwood Shouldis, Pfc Clyde Horn, slightly damaged by Japanese strafing and landed Kuhuku golf course; transferred 88RS/19BG; then 7BG; damaged Townsville, Australia 22-Feb-42 when colliding with 41-2434; eventually through Batchelor Field, Australia, and to Del Monte, Philippines for a sortie against Japanese landings at Legaspi Mar-42; eventually used as a hangar queen before Written off at Brisbane 31/1/44. SAN ANTONIO ROSE.
This page was last updated on 18 January 2020
10. May 2025 access_time 6:06
This plane did not go anywhere in March 1942 – it was stripped for parts after the February accident. The plane Bostrom then flew was 41-2447. Both were allegedly named “San Antonio Rose” but there’s no evidence that was actually painted on the nose.
26. December 2025 access_time 13:38
The golf course that Lt Frank Bostrom put his B-17E down on was in Kahuku. Need to change the spelling in the History of San Antonio Rose.m