Production-block:
B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- 534th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-H, GD-H
History of
B-17 42-29832 / Our Mom aka Spirit Of A Nation
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 18/5/43 SPIRIT OF A NATION; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 22/8/8/43; AFSC 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 16/6/44; Memphis 13/7/44; Tinker 14/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. OUR MOM.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
08. January 2024 access_time 4:09
Back row, far left, is Lt Joseph Doerfler. My father.
06. May 2024 access_time 19:19
Back row, far right, is Lt Robert (Bob) E Miller, my father. 12/25/1921 to 3/4/1985. Retired as Lt Col after 28 years in USAF.
Served in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam.
06. May 2024 access_time 19:22
If you know the names of any of these young men please post.