Production-block:
B-17F-40-BO: 42-5150 to 42-5249
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-D/B
History of
B-17 42-5156
Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Salina 19/1/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-D/B] Chelveston 1/2/43; transferred AFSC 5/4-9/5/43 and 29/7-12/10/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 20/3/44; Returned to the USA 8/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.
Last updated: 5. March 2018
20. March 2023 access_time 11:52
This B-17 was known as ‘Dry Martini and the Cocktail Kids 3’ until it was heavily damaged on the 4th April 1943, and sent for repair.