Source:
390th.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-55-BO: 42-102544 to 42-102743 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 571st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | FC-B, FC-L |
| MACR | 11724 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 January 1945) |
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History of
B-17 42-102673 / Good Old Yank aka Preferred Risk
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Dow Fd 2/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-B] Framlingham 4/5/44 PREFERRED RISK; Missing in Action Derben, Ger 14/1/45 with Joe Lewis, John Ruane, Earl Morrison, John Koralwski, John Porcher (5 Killed in Action); Mike Klemenok, Jerome Katzman, Bob Battleson, Ken Huber (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Goerne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11724. GOOD OLD YANK.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 09 April 2018
09. April 2023 access_time 9:32
The correct name of this plane is “Good-O Yank”. In wartime Britain “good-o” meant the same as okay, or “that’s fine”
21. August 2023 access_time 4:39
I am a friend of one of the crew members of the 390th bomb group. Radio gunner , Chuck Richardson , now 100yrs old.
03. March 2025 access_time 0:51
My Grandfather Russell Purkey flew in Good-O-Yank over Kusel, Germany on 1/6/1945 and was injured by flak operating as the bottom ball turret gunner. I was told the plane barely made it to Belgium that day while being escorted by 2 British Spitfires due to its heavy damage.