| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 324th Bomb Squadron, 368th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BO-V, DF-F/D/P, LL-D |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (14 October 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-29741 / Corn State Terror
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 15/4/43; transferred 368BS/306BG [BO-V] Thurleigh 17/4/43; 324BS/91BG [DF-F/D/P] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; battle damaged over Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Lt Christensen wia-died next day, cp Lt Mendelsohn brought ship back to crash landed at RAF Tangmere and slammed into tree; After long repair returmed to base and transferred 401BS [LL-D] before re-ass. to AFSC 6/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 29/4/44; Winston Salem 5/22/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 15/5/45. CORN STATE TERROR.
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This page was last updated on 22 February 2025
26. July 2020 access_time 0:21
This aircraft (42-29741) was the Corn State Terror. It was named after the death of its pilot Harold R. Christensen of Eagle Grove Ia who DOW after the Schweinfurt raid in Oct 43.