Production-block:
B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 602nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: K8-L
History of
B-17 42-102506 / Contrary Mary
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; MacDill 28/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-L] Nuthampstead 8/4/44; force landed continent 15/10/44 with Van Opdorp but ret. 20/11/44; Missing in Action Plauen, Ger 23/2/45 with Womeldurf, one crewman badly inj. force landed continent, Salvaged. CONTRARY MARY.
Last updated: 29. January 2022
31. January 2023 access_time 16:49
506 L on a mission to Dresden, but Bomb Group miscalculated navigation and hit Prague instead. On board is the Al Petska Crew.