| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957 |
| Delievered: | Long Beach |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 385th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 551st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | HR-N, HR-M (?) |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged, ditched (23 May 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-39951 / In The Mood aka Gremlin Buggy II
Delivered: Long Beach 18/10/43; Gr Island 10/11/43; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-M] (?), [HR-N] Gt Ashfield 27/11/43; damaged over Saarbrucken 23/5/44 Pilot/Crew: ?. (10RTD) ditched English Channel off Hove, Sussex, no MACR
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 27 September 2026
27. September 2026 access_time 3:57
277 Sqdn ASR Hawkinge flew Spitfire spotters and found customers in two dinghies, directed a corvette towards the dinghies. At the same time HSL 173 was at 50.18N 00.27W near a rescue vessel float RV8 and sped towards the position, saw the two dinghies and the corvettes boat going towards the dinghies; 173 got to the dinghies and embarked 10 aircrew then took them to Shoreham (28 ASR Marine Craft Unit is based at Newhaven but runs Shoreham – taken from 28 MCU ORB AIR 29/446 at Kew TNA London) also AIR 27/1602/11 summary and record of 277 Sqdn (which you can download from Kew’s online ‘Discovery’
27. September 2026 access_time 4:29
Position was 12m S of Worthing HMS Savage, destroyer may have been the ‘corvette’ as during D-Day she would have been nearby the K69 used by 277 Sqdn could be the callsign