Production-block:
B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 to 43-38273
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 490th Bomb Group
Fate:
MACR: 12371
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History of
B-17 43-38167
Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned 490BG Eye 22/7/44; during assembly for Chemnitz 6/2/45 with ?, mid air coll with 43-38699; crashed Prickwillow, UK; crews bailed, but one man killed plus two civilians; Missing Air Crew Report 12371; Salvaged 2/3/45.
Last updated: 22. March 2019
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B-17 43-38167 Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #43-38699 on 06 February 1945.
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26. November 2021 access_time 23:19
This bomber was known as “The whirry bird” and one of the crewmembers was Jacob Charles Holper (now deceased) He completed his 25-30 missions and returned home..He was the radioman aboard the aircraft. I knew “Jake” later in his life and we worked together. I knew his wife (probably now also deceased) when they lived in Charleston, SC. Thanks, Richmond L. Nunn