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Source:
https://390th.org
Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-S
Missions: 56
History of
B-17 42-31229 / Bad Egg
Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-S] Framlingham 11/11/43; MIA Dusseldorf 9/9/44, caught fire from explosion of 42-97871; flew two hours on one engine forced landing on continental A/Fd A-22, France; salvaged and repaired by modifying to F model by 458 St/Sqd, 14/11/44. BAD EGG.
Last updated: 6. November 2018
B-17 42-31229 / Bad Egg Details
Front half of B-17F #41-24484 joined for repair & modification.
17. February 2019 access_time 21:19
My Uncle Peter D. Hartnett was the pilot. I’m told he landed the crippled aircraft in Belgium, not France.
07. March 2022 access_time 15:27
Kevin, there are so many questions I have about Uncle Peter. I visit the cemetery a couple times a year and say prayers for everyone. Maybe sometime we could get together and talk. I would like that.
07. July 2022 access_time 5:26
My Grandfather Jack Gaffney painted the nose art for this plane. He taught me to draw at an early age.
30. August 2023 access_time 3:26
My Great Uncle was the nose bomber, pictured bottom row, center- Irving Narter
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24484
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24484
A great Story on him and some of the Crew:
http://undereverytombstone.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-american-hero-irving-e-narter.html
19. December 2023 access_time 0:23
my great grandfather was the tail gunner for the Bad Egg including the mission over Dusseldorf where they went MIA. Thank you for the picture, I’m building a 1/72 B17 model and will use it as reference for the nose art.
19. December 2023 access_time 15:21
my great grandfather, Clarence Parker, was the tail gunner for the Bad Egg for the early part of his service until the Egg was damaged over Dusseldorf. Thank you for the image, I’m building a scale model of a B17 and would like it to have the Bad Eggs nose art.