![B-17 #42-3189 / Red Ass (Superstitious Aloysius) B-17 #42-3189 / Red Ass (Superstitious Aloysius)](https://b17flyingfortress.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/42-3189-1200px.jpg)
Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-35-DL: 42-3189 to 42-3228
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 99th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 347th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-3189 / Red Ass (Superstitious Aloysius)
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 6/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; taxi accident with Russell 28/7/43 at transport depot, Written off. Salvaged 11/6/45. RED ASS (SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIUS).
Last updated: 10. October 2017
26. December 2019 access_time 2:54
That is a picture of my dad, thank you so much for this. Any info on the rest of the crew?
29. December 2019 access_time 22:00
I am sorry, I have no information about the rest of your dad’s crew members.
15. November 2022 access_time 21:54
Walt please contact the 99th Bomb Group Historical Society. https://www.99bombgroup.org/
They can help with your dads military record.
27. May 2020 access_time 15:25
Hello my names jack my great grandfather flew in this and I saw people needed some more background info but him and a friend ended up going to another b17 sleepy time gal where they were shot down out of the ten people he was one of the three who escaped yet was captured