Production-block:
B-17F-40-DL: 42-3229 to 42-3283
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 412th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: QW-W
History of
B-17 42-3273 / Impatient Virgin
Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Assigned 100BG Dow Fd 30/5/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 15/6/43; force landed RAF St Eval ex-St Nazaire 28/6/43; crash landed Gt Ashfield ex-La Pallice 16/9/43; force landed RAF Hensridge; 31m, ex-Munster 22/12/43 with Loren Seager, Navigator: J.L. Hutchings, Waist gunner: Lelan Story, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); loss of power involved crash landed Potter Heigham, Nfk. Salvaged. IMPATIENT VIRGIN.
Last updated: 3. October 2017
13. February 2022 access_time 15:23
This photo is of a different Impatient Virgin. The correct nose art is here. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/19488