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Source:
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
Production-block:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 401st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LL-N, LL-M, LL-W
Missions: 70
History of
B-17 42-107069 / Round Trip Topsy
Delivered Tulsa 11/2/44; Gr Island 15/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-M/N/W] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; battle damaged {70m} Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Warren Smith; enemy aircraft set #2 & on fire but ship managed to reach UK and crash landed Halesworth A/fd, Sfk., hit two trucks and concrete mixer and burnt out; Salvaged 2 SAD 28/11/44; ROUND TRIP TOPSY.
Last updated: 10. April 2018
15. September 2022 access_time 18:04
My father. James J Matthews Jr, was the bombardier on Round Trip Topsy’s I’ll fated last fight. After it was damaged by enemy fighters with two engines on fire, my father crawled through the under belly of the plane to free the bombs wedged in the bombay doors. Lt. Warren Smith, the pilot, was going to recommended my father for the Silver Star but he was killed action in January 1945 when his B 17 was shot down.
13. October 2022 access_time 23:53
My grandfather was the tail gunner on that flight. He came home on nine o nine. Do you happen to have any more information or pictures you can send me?