Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 to 42-29931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron, 423rd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | RD-J, PU-I |
| Fate: |
, Crashed on take off (23 October 1943) |
| 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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 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!