Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 490th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 351st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: EP-O
Missions: 135
History of
B-17 42-38047 / Fever Beaver aka Shady Lady aka Melancholy Baby aka Little Mommy
Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Kearney 6/12/43; Grenier 19/12/43; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-O] Thorpe Abbotts 9/1/44; 135m, transferred 490BG Eye 29/5/45; Returned to the USA 4185 BU Independence 21/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. MELANCHOLY BABY aka FEVER BEAVER.
Last updated: 19. April 2024
20. October 2020 access_time 17:22
Do sad these amazing planes that survived over 100 combat missions couldn’t survive the scrappers.