Production-block:
B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 to 42-30331
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 551st Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-30270 / The Old Shillelagh
Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gore 12/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 19/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde with Grodi 29/7/43, ditched North Sea; THE OLD SHILLELAGH.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
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06. June 2019 access_time 22:35
My father Captain John Kelley Hughes (Ret) was the copilot on that plane when it went down. His son went on to be a Marine fighting in Vietnam and his grandson currently a sergeant in the Army. My Dad instilled military pride in us that carry on to this day ??
05. February 2022 access_time 8:26
My uncle Denver M Canaday was a mid gunner on this plane
19. June 2020 access_time 2:43
Grandfather, SSG Blaine V. Baum, was a gunner on this B-17 when it crashed into the North Sea.
05. February 2022 access_time 8:21
My uncle Denver M Canaday was a mid gunner. He was on the old Shelaleigh when it went down in the north sea. Later he was on the ole sheleighe 2 when it was shot down over France. Amazing stories of true heroism.