| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 333rd Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Squadron |
| MACR | 1889 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (11 January 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30248 / The Southern Queen aka The Buzzard aka Prodigal Son aka Lassie Come Home
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-X] Earls Colne 2/6/43 THE SOUTHERN QUEEN; Rougham 13/6/43 transferred 333BS as THE BUZZARD aka PRODIGAL SON; Missing in Action Brunswick 11/1/44 with Bob Randall, Co-pilot: Lloyd Hall, Navigator: Tom Nash, Bombardier: Jim Wilkinson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Hughes, Radio Operator: Bob James, Ball turret gunner: Albt Schwegel, Waist gunner: Harry Luttrell, Waist gunner: Walter Gray (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Bernie Brown, foto-Dave Barker (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Uiezen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1889. LASSIE COME HOME.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 17 August 2017
07. August 2021 access_time 1:27
my grandfather was Lt James (Jim) Wilkinson, I have all his stiff from the the war, including a Luger he took from a POW Camp guard once liberated. I am retired veteran myself, me and my paw were very close, he was my idol.