B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38021 / Mission Maid

History of
B-17 42-38021 / Mission Maid

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 384BG Grafton Underwood 10/12/43; transferred 748BS/457BG [K] Glatton 26/1/44; 751BS; force landed continent 14/2/45, declared W/W and transferred 5 SAD, then modified as lifeboat carrier for Air Sea Rescue 24/3/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MISSION MAID.

Last updated: 1. July 2020

B-17 42-38021 / Mission Maid Details

42-38021 / Mission Maid flew at least 75 missions. The photo shows this B-17 after the 75th mission on 1 January 1945.