Production-block:
B-17G-40-VE: 42-97936 to 42-98035
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 358th Bomb Squadron
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-B, VK-O
History of
B-17 42-97949 / Problem Child
Delivered Denver 13/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 23/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-B] Framlingham 11/6/44; PROBLEM CHILD; transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-O] Molesworth 19/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.
Last updated: 12. September 2017
14. January 2022 access_time 14:56
My grandpa Gerald Charles Combs was a (TG) top gunner on the problem child