Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-50-BO: 42-5350 to 42-5484 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 359th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BN-W |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (14 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5482 / Cat-O-Nine Tails
Delivered Cheyenne 15/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Brookley 1/2/43; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-W] Molesworth 6/3/43; sustained flak damage over Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ambrose Grant, Co-pilot: Franklin Ball, Navigator: Jim Berger, Bombardier: Marion Blackburn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Kujawa, Radio Operator: Ed Sexton, Ball turret gunner: Chester Petrosky{wia), Waist gunner: Bob Jaouen{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Woodrow Greenlee{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Francis Anderson (10 Returned to Duty); crew bailed near coast and aircraft crash landed Riseley, Beds., near Molesworth, UK, 20 miles away, broke in half after hitting tree, and sal. CAT O’NINE TAILS.
This page was last updated on 16 March 2018
16. March 2018 access_time 2:01
This is the plane that crashed in my dad’s garden.. He traced the crew and we lay a wreath yearly at Cambridge American cemetery UK on behalf of the SSMA USA
24. December 2023 access_time 13:18
This is my uncle’s plane (Tony Kujawa). However the crew on the picture above is is not A. Grant’s crew.
15. October 2025 access_time 16:57
My dad was the Navigator on this crew, James Berger. It is not the crew pictured.