42-5813 / Jackie Ellen | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 #42-5813 / Jackie Ellen — **Source:**
www.fold3.com

Production-block:
B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854

Bomb Squadron:
525th Bomb Squadron

RCL: FR-S/Z

Fate:

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History of
B-17 42-5813 / Jackie Ellen

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 1/3/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 306BG 22/4/43 JACKIE ELLEN; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-S/Z] Kimbolton 2/5/43; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43 with Bill Breiner, Co-pilot: Dick Jones, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: Don Haynes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman,Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Alconbury, Hunts. Salvaged.

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Last updated: 4. November 2020

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Richard Lewis
04. November 2020 12:22

The Lt Witt Crew of the 306th BG never flew a ship with the S/N of 42-5813. Also 42-5813 is not a block -70 ship which as you can see this ship is by it’s physical additions and Modifications with 42-5813 plus when you enlarging the photo it is clearly on the stencil under the Navigators window. The only -70 this crew ever flew was 42-29815 which later became the “Miami Clipper when it was transferred to the 91st BG. If you compare the photos of the “Jackie Ellen to the “Miami Clipper” you can see some important marks that indicate that these two photos are more than possibly the same ship. Not mention 379th BG records show that 42-5813 was still assigned to the 379th BG long after this crew had returned to the ZOI.

b17flyingfortress.de
04. November 2020 14:12

Hello Richard,

thank you for explaining.
I read your conversation on facebook group and saw the comparison between Miami Clipper and Jackie Ellen.
I will remove the crew photo from #42-5813 page.

Thanks! 🙂

Cheers
Jing