Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 339th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QJ-F
History of
B-17 42-30172 / Black Heart Jr.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Walla Walla 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snettisham 12/6/43; crash-landed Wolferton, Nfk; 19/8/43 Pilot: Jim Attaway, Co-Pilot: Matt Vinson{wia}, Navigator: Chas Norderer, Bombardier: John Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Woods, Radio Operator: Bob Huff, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Moore, Waist Gunner: John Kangles, Waist Gunner: Dick Garrow, Tail Gunner: John Trujillo, ComP-Col Jim Travis (11RTD – 2 minor injuries); cp Vinson brought ship back after rested bailed out, to c/l on Wolferton Sands, Nfk. and was awarded the DSC. Salvaged. 21/8/44. BLACK HEART JR.
Last updated: 4. February 2019
25. February 2022 access_time 1:41
I’m brother-in-law to the son of 2nd Lieut. Matthew Vinson, co-pilot & DFC awardee of Black Heart Jr., B-17F 42-30172, crash-landed by Vinson at Wolferton (aka Wolverton) Sands, on the border of The Wash, just north of King’s Lynn.
11. March 2024 access_time 21:41
my grandfather was John Trujillo, tail gunner on the Blackheart and Blackheart Jr.