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Source:
www.fold3.com
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
B-17 42-29947 / Target For Tonight aka Wabash Cannonball Details
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.