Production-block:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 422nd Bomb Squadron
- 545th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JJ-N, JD-K
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History of
B-17 42-29632 / Cased Ace
Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/43; Salina 5/3/43; Smoky Hill 14/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-N] Chelveston 23/6/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-K] Grafton Underwood 8/10/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 4/4/44; Returned to the USA 7/6/44; Rome 20/8/44; Williams 15/11/44; La Junta 1/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 4/8/45. CASED ACE.
Last updated: 23. April 2018
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02. May 2019 access_time 20:40
My dad was Chief Crew mechanic on this aircraft. He snuck on board for a mission not knowing it would be the bombing of Monte Casino. He said it shook him to the core.