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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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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
20. September 2026 access_time 20:51
Aaron,
Your Grandpa was an Aerial Gunner, in May & June he was a Waist Gunner, July & August he moved up to Nose Gunner. You can find his mission lists at 351st.org; they are having a reunion in Texas in Oct 2026, but I don’t know how well attended it will be. I am researching a Top Turret Gunner (double-hatted as Flight Engineer) who flew 15 missions on Mollie Mule, many with your Grandpa. They were both crew members on “Papa’s Passion” when it ditched in North Sea after Flak damage, but they returned to Polebrook within 48 hrs after rescue, so there is no MACR. I can’t find a death record for the TT/FE I am researching, but he would be 102 yrs old; I’m trying to contact his family.
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.