Source:
www.91stbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-10-VE: 42-5725 to 42-5744 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 369th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LL-E |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 42-5729 / The Piccadilly Commando aka Buccaneer
Delivered Tulsa 16/10/42; Wayne 14/11/42; Rome 9/12/42; Wilmington 1/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-G] Thurleigh PICCADILLY COMMANDO 27/2/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 8/9/43 {15+m}; Returned to the USA Eglin 15/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. BUCCANEER.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 12 April 2018
01. June 2023 access_time 15:41
The photo where the two men have 25 painted on them is actually a photo of the Piccadilly Commando II s/n 42-30707
03. June 2023 access_time 18:50
Hello Tristin,
I am not sure. I checked the mission report of 306th BG for July 10th, 1943. B-17 42-5729 was listed in the mission report; http://www.306bg.us/MISSION_REPORTS/10jul43.pdf
#42-30707 is not the list.
13. December 2025 access_time 19:19
My Dad’s ship, a B17F, was the “Buccaneer”. The Brits found “Piccadilly Commando” derogatory since it’s a reference to a London prostitute. The “Piccadilly Commando” was transferred from the 306th to the 91st and renamed. Thus, “Buccaneer” are the same ship.
Interestingly, they were shot down on 22 MAR 44 in a brand new B17G, “Buccaneer II”. All 10 crew survived, but were taken POW and were on the “Black March”. The “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” entered service two days later with the same call letters, thus it was their replacement. I remember seeing “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” at Dover AFB in the early 1980s during a 91st Bomb Group reunion. My dad noticed the call letters and looked at the date of service and determined that it replaced the “Buccaneer”
19. February 2024 access_time 5:45
That is my great uncle on the right in the photo. He was indeed in the 306th BG, 369th BS.