Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 463rd Bomb Group, 483rd Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 416th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: | |
| Missions: | 100+ |
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History of
B-17 42-29485 / Miss Fury
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; West Palm Beach 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; 7 more missions, Sterparone 22/4/44; Written off 31/7/44, repaired to 463BG Celone as weather aircraft 4/45; Salvaged 5/10/45. MISS FURY.
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This page was last updated on 28 March 2024
02. January 2019 access_time 3:30
My father was a crew member on this B17, flying out of the desert of North Africa during spring/summer of 1943. He did the required 50 missions. No crew members were injured during that time and the plane was never damaged. His name was George Jacobi and was a bombardier/navigator. Their outfit was known as the Black Diamonds. George’s grandfather was born in Mannheim.
27. March 2024 access_time 22:46
I see that you show 97 missions for Miss Fury, but my dad’s flight log shows he either piloted Miss Fury for its 100th mission on March 23, 1944 from Foggia, Italy to Stevr, Austria while in 99th bomb group. He also flew this plane on March 7, 1944 and March 11, 1944. He flew this plane 11 times while in Italy.
28. March 2024 access_time 9:08
Thank you for the information. I will change the number of missions to “100+”.
Do you have more information? Or even a war diary of you dad?