Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116 |
| Project No.: | 92456-R |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 535th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | MS-R |
| Fate: |
, RFC Kingman (26 February 1946) |
| Missions: | 113 |
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History of
B-17 42-31990 / Stage Door Canteen
Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 6/4/44; 113m Returned to the USA 5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/2/46. STAGE DOOR CANTEEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-31990 / Stage Door Canteen Details
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This page was last updated on 08 April 2024
17. May 2020 access_time 13:26
Hi, my dad flew the Stage Door Canteen in WWII. Also flew “The Alamo”, out of Ridgwell, 381st.
17. May 2020 access_time 21:08
Hello Don, what’s you dad’s name?
20. September 2020 access_time 8:00
His name was Fred Davison, my Dad. Don’s my brother.
17. June 2021 access_time 17:14
My grandfather flew in Stage Door Canteen as well. He was there from roughly Feb ’44 – July ’44 as a ball turret gunner. His crew received this plane in April ’44 after their first plane was shot up. In the photos of Mary Churchill christening the plane, he is shortest guy in the picture (hence why they stuck him in the ball.
05. July 2021 access_time 1:16
My grandfather, Dave (goose) Gildin was a tail gunner on this ship. Not sure when he was over there. I saw a picture of him kneeling on the ground next to the tail after it was nearly shot off. He was a great man. I miss him.
05. January 2025 access_time 9:05
My Dad was “Andy” Andrzejewski—radio operator and waist gunner; changed his name to Art Tatera after the war. I met your grandpa and grandma
06. January 2025 access_time 22:59
Thank you for that information! How, when, why did you meet them? I am very interested in all the details!
19. June 2022 access_time 13:11
My Grandad was the pilot of the stage door canteen
31. December 2022 access_time 8:36
My late father Myron E. Gates served as radio operator aboard Stagedoor Canteen mid 1944. Crawford T. Marbury was the pilot during that time.
14. February 2023 access_time 0:49
My great uncle, John E. Johns flew aboard this plane as a bombardier.
07. January 2024 access_time 19:59
Hello James…I’m researching John E Johns B17 service as a favor for a friend. I think it’s John’s son Marcus who will be receiving what I’ve discovered. Can you contact me directly via email? elejonz@gmail.com
Elaine Jones
15. March 2023 access_time 1:01
I think my step dad , Jeremiah O’Neill flew that plane. I don’t know the dates. But I have a photograph.
24. January 2024 access_time 16:51
I knew Charles L. Majors, who flew several positions on Stage Door Canteen. Bombardier, Radio Operator, ball turret gunner. he was shot down twice over Europe and survived.
13. October 2025 access_time 19:54
I am sitting here with my dad, John Sladek, as he tells me about his missions aboard Stage Door Canteen and Boulder Buf as a ball turret gunner. He was based out of Ridgewell from Sept 44 – Feb 45. He is 100 years old and lives on his own.
13. October 2025 access_time 19:54
I am sitting here with my dad, John Sladek, as he tells me about his missions aboard Stage Door Canteen and Boulder Buf as a ball turret gunner. He was based out of Ridgewell from Sept 44 – Feb 45. He is 100 years old and lives on his own.