B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38065

History of
B-17 42-38065

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Wendover 12/12/43; slated 457BG, with Bill Cruce force landed Gt Bend 16/7/44; transferred 223 BU Gt Bend 3/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 27/8/44; 242 BU Gr Island 14/9/44; 249 BU Alliance 12/2/45; 202 BU Galveston 15/2/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/30/3/45; 252 BU Lubbock 23/6/45; 253 BU Randolph 13/1/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/3/46.

Last updated: 8. October 2017

B-17 42-38065 Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-38065 during training flight on 23 December 1943. Returned to base.

Related web sites about the B-17 42-38065

1. http://www.457thbombgroup.org/New/Recollections/Careyjones.html