Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- 612th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: MZ-R, SC-X
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History of
B-17 42-30227 / Wabbit Twacks III aka Boots III
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-R] Snetterton 12/6/43 WABBIT TWACKS III; Transferred: 612BS/401BG [SC-X] Deenethorpe 13/12/43; 1 BAD Burtonwood 17/3/44; Returned to US: Tinker 3/6/44; Gore Air Trans Com 7/6/44; Kirtland 21/1/45; Long Beach 18/5/45; Scrapped: Ontario 4/6/45. BOOTS III.
Last updated: 4. February 2019
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B-17 42-30227 / Wabbit Twacks III aka Boots III Details
Only one of two B-17F, which was assigned to the 401st BG. The other was B-17F #42-30855.
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29. May 2024 access_time 7:27
Wabbit Twacks ii and Wabbit Twacks III were different aircraft. Wabbit Twacks II was AAF Serial 42-30227. Wabbit Twacks III (which also served with 96th BG) was 42-30040. This record is Wabbit Twacks II.