Production-block:
B-17F-80-BO: 42-29932 to 42-30031
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 322nd Bomb Squadron
- 351st Bomb Squadron
Missions: 60+
History of
B-17 42-29947 / Target For Tonight aka Wabash Cannonball
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Smoky Hill 13/4/43; Selfridge 4/5/43; Dow Fd 6/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP- ] Podington 8/5/43 TARGET FOR TONIGHT; Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; transferred 322BS/91BG Bassingbourn 6/7/43; {60+m} 303BG (as HQ hack) Molesworth 27/7/43; Returned to the USA Bradley Fd 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Cincinnati 16/7/45. WABASH CANNONBALL.
Last updated: 19. October 2019
10. April 2023 access_time 18:26
Probably an error – flew 60+ missions with 91BG but date of transfer out is less than 1 month after arrival. Transfer out should be 1944?
17. July 2023 access_time 0:27
yes I think the correct date must be 27/7/44.
the 303rd BG web site list date as 27/7/43.
04. August 2024 access_time 17:14
Hello, I’m the daughter of a WWII Ball Turret Gunner who flew on the Wabash Cannonball with the 96th Bombardment Squadron. We have his handwritten list of the crew, which also names the plane, as well as typed accounts of the missions they flew over Yugoslavia, etc. I’m looking for more information about the plane during that time period. Thank you!