Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 423rd Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (10 June 1945) |
| Missions: | 100+ |
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History of
B-17 42-97505 / The Dinglebury Kids
Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Prestwick, UK 16/1/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 12/1/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. THE DINGLEBERRY KIDS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 02 July 2018
20. April 2020 access_time 5:52
I believe my Dad was the Tech Sarge on this plane !!
21. June 2020 access_time 0:33
Todd, my dad, Donald L. O’Neill, took or received a pic of The Dingleberry Kids with (I presume) a pilot standing under the nose. My dad was a waist gunner, later an engineer/top gunner. Happy to share the pic with you if you like.
21. June 2020 access_time 10:11
Hello Brian, I am interessted to the photo too.
I would be glad, if you can share the photo with me too:
info@b17flyingfortress.de
Cheers
Jing
31. August 2024 access_time 13:52
please tell me more about your Dad,I’m part of the 306thbg museum at Thurleigh England
20. April 2020 access_time 5:53
Richard Allen Hill
20. April 2020 access_time 5:56
I have his bomber jacket and personal flight journal !!
11. June 2021 access_time 21:17
My Dad was a co-pilot with the W.W. Wood crew. He had his bomber jacket with the “Dingleberry Kids” on the back.
07. May 2024 access_time 4:22
My dad was pilot of this plane at the end of the war.
21. March 2026 access_time 15:29
My Dad flew 34 missions out of Thurleigh. I have a “Pilots Navigation Kit” satchel with all of his records, including battle orders (including D-Day) and many other contemporaneous records and photographs (including the one on the book cover). Also my son and I took a ride in a restored B-17 out of the Michigan Flight Museum in Belleville, Michigan.