B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30248 / The Southern Queen aka The Buzzard aka Prodigal Son aka Lassie Come Home

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30248 / The Southern Queen aka The Buzzard aka Prodigal Son aka Lassie Come Home

Manufacturer:
Boeing

MACR: 1889

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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.

Last updated: 17. August 2017

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