B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24605 / Knock-out Dropper

B-17 #41-24605 / Knock-out Dropperzoom_in

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[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: BN-R
Fate:

Missions: 75

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History of
B-17 41-24605 / Knock-out Dropper

Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-R] Bangor 22-Sep-42; Molesworth 22-Oct-42; First 8th Air Force aircraft to complete 50, then 75 missions- 27-Mar-44; with M/Sgt Buford Pafford as crew chief; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5-Jun-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcy Field 19-Jul-45, scrapped Stillwater, OK. KNOCK-OUT DROPPER.

Last updated: 13. August 2021

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B-17 41-24605 / Knock-out Dropper Details

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B-17F-27-BO #41-24605 ‘Knock-out Dropper’ flying trought flak. With Lt. Sanford T. Smith’s crew on 04 February 1943, mission to Osnabrück, Germany.
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