B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97376 / Aunt Callie’s Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady

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B-17 42-97376 / Aunt Callie’s Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Kearney 10/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-J] Horham 7/4/44 AUNT CALLIE’S BABY; on 5/9/44 with A.P. Salvia, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J.S. Wood [wia]; detailed Merseburg 28/9/44 with J.C. Walter, (8 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Tom Sevald (Killed in Action); transferred 335BS [OE-H] 17/10/44; on 12/12/44 with D.V. Tregoning force landed RAF Woodbridge, all OK; on 3/3/45 with S.J. Tavis in mid air col with 42-102450 and force landed RAF Manston, all OK; 88m abandoned Goose Bay, Labrador, due to engine failure 26/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. LUCKY LADY aka SHE FOX.

Last updated: 18. September 2018

B-17 42-97376 / Aunt Callie’s Baby aka She Fox aka Lucky Lady Details

Crash-Landing on 30 Mai 1944 // www.americanairmuseum.com // CC-BY-NC 3.0

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-102450 on 03 March 1945. Notlandung auf RAF Manston. Force landed RAF Manston, all OK.