Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 to 41-2669
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 19th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 28th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 41-2644
Delivered Lowry 7/3/42; Boise 6/4/42; Assigned 28BS/19BG Hawaii 22/4/42; damaged Rabual 7/8/42, rep; retUS 31/8/44; Written off 19/10/44.
Last updated: 13. June 2017
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16. January 2019 access_time 3:42
My father, Lt. Ferdinand C. Suhrer, USNR, was a PBY-5A pilot with VP-12. Because he wanted to fly a B-17, he took the 41-2644 on a 9.1 hour patrol mission from Nadi, Fiji on February 12, 1943. He said it was easy to fly and noisy as hell.
The 29th Bomb Squadron left their airplanes in Australia 12/1942 and returned to the states. I have not been able to find what unit was still operating the airplane from 12/1942 to 8/1943. There is no record of the aircraft having a name, or nose art.