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Source:
www.306bg.us
Production-block:
B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 360th Bomb Squadron
- 423rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: RD-J, PU-I
Missions: 2
History of
B-17 42-29930 / Miss Patricia
Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 29/3/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-J] Thurleigh 17/6/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-I] Molesworth 25/9/43; crashed on take off at Keyston, Hunts., 23/10/43 soon after t/o on night training flight with Leon Jokerst, Radio Operator: Sam Morse, Co-pilot: Theo Jackson, gnr-Ralph Long, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Stephens, gnr-Ervin Churain, gnr-Homer Sherman, pass-Dick Morgan (8 Killed in Service). Salvaged. QUI-NINE THE BITTER DOSE aka MISS PATRICIA 2m.
Last updated: 18. October 2018
18. October 2018 access_time 9:10
Thank you for your service. . My father was Dick Morgan the passenger on the flight of Miss Patricia when he was Kia. after take off. 23/10 1943.
02. May 2024 access_time 16:28
Ralph Long was my Uncle that was on this flight with your dad. I never knew my uncle only the stories that my mom told about him. These men were hero’s.
28. March 2021 access_time 14:37
Heroes, all of them!