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Source:
www.457thbombgroupassoc.org
Production-block:
B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 to 43-37873
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 748th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 43-37826 / Wild Hare
Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [R] Glatton 19/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.
Last updated: 25. December 2020
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B-17 43-37826 / Wild Hare Details
More photos provided by John Markiecki
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19. September 2023 access_time 12:58
My uncle Floyd “Hink” Henderson was the waist gunner on the the Wild Hare. I got to meet Del and his wife here in Pittsburgh at a 457th Bomb Group reunion that we took my uncle to. I have some additional photos of the Wild Hare and crew.
21. October 2023 access_time 7:58
My father was Charles P. Keith, Bombardier on the Wild Hare. On April 10, 1945 the navigator on Moonlight Mission (43-38606) was sick. My father trained on medium bombers so he was both bombardier and navigator. He substituted for the navigator on Moonlight Mission that day. The plane was shot down over Oranienburg. He was a prisoner for about a month before he was returned to allied forces. The Wild Hare would go on finish its tour and return home.
I would very much like to get any pictures of the plane and crew.
Did you ever hear the story about the bicycle?
26. February 2024 access_time 22:45
Eric, please feel free to email me, I probably scans of pic that your dad is in. -Don