Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group, 398th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 510th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | TU-F |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (11 June 1945) |
| Missions: | 85 |
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History of
B-17 42-107124 / Mollie Mule
Delivered Tulsa 2/3/44; Rapid City 6/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-F] Polebrook 29/4/44; {85m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. MOLLIE MULE.
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This page was last updated on 23 March 2019
04. January 2024 access_time 13:39
anyone left from the Mollie mule…grampa Eugene ingraham sgt. 1944 anything you have would be great
16. April 2024 access_time 20:31
My uncle, Leon W. Donnelly, flew 40 missions as the radio operator on B-17s from Polebrook from September 1944 to January 1945, most often aboard Mollie Mule. The photo here is the only one I’ve been able to find, and I am hoping either to locate other photos, or perhaps a description of its nose art, assuming it had anything more than the name Mollie Mule painted there. It’s also hard to determine the paint scheme; at the nose, you can clearly see dark paint above and light below, but the tail and engine cowlings appear to be bare aluminum. Perhaps this is just a trick of the light? I’m building a scale model of Mollie Mule and am hoping find either photos or a description of the paint scheme or nose art. Thank you for posting this one photo – it alone is a great help.