Source:
NARA: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Delievered: | Cheyenne |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 401st Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | LL-F |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (11 January 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31187 / Buckeye Boomerang
Delivered Cheyenne 30/9/43; Gt Falls 14/10/43; Bowman 18/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/11/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; battle damaged Oschersleben 10m 11/1/44 with John Davis, limped back to England and force landed Deopham Green (452BG), UK. Detailed to return to Bassingbourn 4/3/44 with Capt Don Garrett, Co-pilot: Gilbert Falk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Perkins, Radio Operator: Ron Cannon, pass- John Moran (5 Returned to Duty); after repair crash landed Bunbury Farm, Swaffham Prior, about a mile SW of RAF Newmarket, UK. Salvaged. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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