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Production-block:
B-17G-55-BO: 42-102544 to 42-102743
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-R
MACR: 11725
History of
B-17 42-102677 / Bob Tail Battler aka Mississippi Mission
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Billings 3/5/44; Kearney 12/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-R] Framlingham 27/5/44 MISSISSIPPI MISSION; Missing in Action Derben, Ger 14/1/45 with Gerald Johnson, Bill Parks, Dayton Kelly, Joe Redpath spot jammer, Jim Lawman tg (5 Killed in Action); Matt Robinson, Don Lash, Frank O’Neill, Russ Hardy, Ben Marshall (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Garlitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11725. BOB TAIL BATTLER.
Last updated: 9. April 2018
19. June 2023 access_time 10:03
My father was the co-pilot of the Bob Tail Battler in the photo above (second from left, top row), and spent a few months a guest of the Germans.
27. June 2023 access_time 2:29
You might find this intriguing I cleaned out a storage unit of ww2 vet who was apart of the bobcat battler. he was the tail gunnerman.
06. February 2024 access_time 5:28
Pieces of the Mississippi Mission were found a couple of years ago and are now on display at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
27. June 2023 access_time 2:30
excuse my autocorrect bobtail battler