Production-block:
B-17F-25-BO: 41-24540 to 41-24584
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 43rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 403rd Bomb Squadron
- 63rd Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 41-24554 / Lady Luck aka The Mustang
Delivered Lowry 7/8/42; Hamilton 6/10/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 17/10/42; then 403BS; Assigned Gen Richard Sutherland to see 503rd Paras to drop over Nadzab 5/9/43; Returned to the USA Rapid City 2/12/43 (398BG training at Walker Fd, Kan); Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45. LADY LUCK aka THE MUSTANG.
Last updated: 11. January 2020
21. March 2021 access_time 22:42
“The Buck Shot Mustang”