
Source:
95thbg.org
Production-block:
B-17F-45-BO: 42-5250 to 42-5349
Manufacturer:
Boeing
History of
B-17 42-5293 / Ole Sad Sack
Delivered Geiger 6/11/42; Pierre 25/2/43; Rapid City 29/4/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Spokane 13/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/44; 801 BU Pope Fd 27/4/44; 325 BU Avon Park 25/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45. THE SAD SACK.
Last updated: 24. August 2017
26. March 2025 access_time 17:22
The nickname of this bomber which appears on the nose art is “The Sad Sack”.