Production-block:
B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LD-Q
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-97230 / Lay or Bust
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Rapid City 26/2/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 28/4/44; no ops, transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 29/4/44; battle damaged Nurnburg, Ger 20/2/45 with Wade Pratt, Co-pilot: Harry Rintoul, Bombardier: ? , Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Anthony Szott, Radio Operator: Vincent Ferranice, Ball turret gunner: Bob Guidi, rest unknown ; Navigator: Jim Brand (Killed in Action); force landed continent; Salvaged. LAY OR BUST.
Last updated: 10. July 2017
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10. February 2024 access_time 23:45
A photo of 42-97230, “Lay or Bust,” is available on the Facebook page of the “100th Bomb Group Foundation”