Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 306th Bomb Group
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 369th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WW-R
Fate:
Missions: 100+
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History of
B-17 42-31143 / Satan’s Lady
Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 8/10/43; Memphis 10/10/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-R] Thurleigh 19/10/43; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. SATAN’S LADY.
Last updated: 10. April 2018
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23. February 2019 access_time 22:41
The granddaughter (Kadie Andersen) of the pilot (Lt. Loy Petersen) gave me a copy of her grandfather’s diary to read. It was beautifully written in cursive and I found it most interesting. The diary covered the pilot’s entire 32 missions that he flew and the tragedy he experienced seeing many of the members of his squadron being shot down by flak or enemy fighters. It is only by reading of his experiences that one can truly appreciate the cost of the freedom we all have today.