Source:
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 422nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | JJ-P, JJ-F |
| Fate: |
, RFC Walnut Ridge (25 October 1945) |
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History of
B-17 41-24615 / Target For Tonite
Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-P/F] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 22/3/44; Returned to the USA Sheppard 2/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 25/10/45. TARGET FOR TONITE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 11 June 2018
09. September 2020 access_time 3:08
My Great Uncle flew aboard this vessel as its Radio Operator/Gunner, he is bottom middle, William K McFadden.
09. July 2026 access_time 18:08
My uncle, 2LT Lorenz L. “Kumu” Kumeilike from Hawaii, was a navigator with the 422nd BS during the same time as your great uncle, so they likely knew each other. I have a photo of Kumu with his crew on a JJ ship, but am uncertain which specifically. He took photos of a couple other B-17s including Towering Titan, Naughty Virgin, and one other that I’m unable to see clearly. Kumu was a childhood hero of mine and died too soon in August 1989 from cancer. He was only 65. His wife still has all the original photos in B-17s and later during Korea when he flew P-47s and P-51s then with the Hawaii ANG.