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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 709th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
Missions: 126
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History of
B-17 42-31225 / Scheherazade
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; 126m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 4/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. SCHEHERAZADE.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
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15. January 2021 access_time 19:58
My father was a co-pilot on this plane from April 1, 1944 until completion of 35 missions on August 8, 1944.
I still have his leather jacket with the name Sheherazade painted on the back and 35 bombs denoting the number of missions completed.
16. February 2021 access_time 19:16
My father-in-law, Jack Cooke, was a pilot of the Scheherazade.