Source:
www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 383rd Bomb Group, 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 339th Bomb Squadron, 547th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | SO-E, MZ-U, QJ-U |
| Fate: |
, Lost by mechanical fault (17 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30073 / Ole Puss II
Delivered Denver 6/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 384BG Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-U] Andrews Fd 6/7/43; then 339BS [QJ-U] Snetterton 12/6/43; on practice mission sffered engine failure 17/4/44 with Bob Laurie, Co-pilot: Leo Rengers, Navigator: Cliff Jones, Bombardier: Bob Little, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Whitman, Radio Operator: Preston Henderson, Ball turret gunner: Fred Stone, Waist gunner: Bob Corwib, Waist gunner: Albert Kohan,Tail gunner: Lewis Lanham (10RTD-no injuries on crash landing; crash landed two miles SE of East Wretham, Nfk., UK, Salvaged. OLE PUSS II.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 13 April 2018
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