Source:
www.airpages.ru
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-N |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, used in KG 200 (12 December 1942) |
History of
B-17 41-24585 / Wulfe Hound
B-17F 41-24585 “Wulfe Hund” was assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-B] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Missing in Action Rouen-Sotteville 12-Dec-42 sustained damage from enemy aircraft, force landed in a field in France. Was removed and repaired by the Germans and flew with KG200. No MACR issued. 4POW 6EVD.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 41-24585 / Wulfe Hound Details
First B-17 captured by Luftwaffe restored at Rechlin, Ger. and used for affiliation and demonstration duties, then assigned to I./KG200 as A3+AE in Sep 43. Transferred to ELG at Wadi Tamet, Libya as part of the station coded Traviata to study British troop movements, but on 16-Apr-44 was low on fuel and pilot Ober Lt Dumke slightly injured was forced to ditch in shallow water in Bay of Kalamata with no loss to crew.
This page was last updated on 04 September 2017
27. May 2024 access_time 16:51
I have long been intersted in KG200 , its aircarft and misions. I read, and thoroughly recommend. the book “KG 200 ,The Truth” by Peter Stahl, a former pilot in KG200.pilot in KG 200. The missions are fascinating, and man must have taken skill and courage to carry out, something neither side in WW2 was short of. Graet site and Best Regards from UK, Gary