B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38058 / The Wish Bone

B-17 #42-38058 / The Wish Bonezoom_in

Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com

Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083

Manufacturer:
Douglas

  • RCL: LF-C, FO-E

Missions: 88

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History of
B-17 42-38058 / The Wish Bone

Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Albuquerque 3/12/43; Wendover 3/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 22/1/44; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-C] Kimbolton 18/3/44; mission to Armentieres, France on 6/7/44 tg Raymond Peck (Killed in Action); retUS Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Sth Plains 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. THE WISHBONE.

Last updated: 26. September 2020

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B-17 42-38058 / The Wish Bone Details

Glide bomb shackled to an external rack underneath the wing of B-17 “The Wish Bone”. 08 June 1944
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Kevin Barry
15. March 2024 access_time 19:33

My Father SSGT Mayford (mike) Barry was a tail gunner on the Wish Bone. 379th BG, Kimbolton, UK

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