| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-55-BO: 42-102544 to 42-102743 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 568th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BI-R |
| MACR | 11725 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (14 January 1945) |
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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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 09 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