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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 to 41-9245
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 325th Bomb Squadron
- 342nd Bomb Squadron
- 359th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 41-9125 / Prowler
Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 21/4/42; transferred 342BS/97BG Polebrook /8/43; with Alex Blair on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; courier flights to N Africa; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon 2/5/43 as tow target a/c.; on 4/5/43 involved in taxi accident with Jake Fullilove at Alconbury; PROWLER.
Last updated: 24. June 2017
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B-17 41-9125 / Prowler Details
Part of strike force on VIII Bomber Command Mission #1 on 17 August 1942.
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24. August 2024 access_time 21:21
My father , Alex Blair, was the pilot for Prowler. There is an amazing Life Magazine photo spread with this raid and Prowler in the painting – with my dad piloting…