B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38257 / Tyson’s Tramps

History of
B-17 43-38257 / Tyson’s Tramps

Delivered Cheyenne 13 July 1944; Kearney 21 July 1944; Grenier 7 August 1944; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 10 August 1944. Among other pilots, 1st Lt Harold E. Dwyer flew on it on the 7 May 1945 Chowhound mission to drop food to the Dutch population. Returned to the USA Bradley, Connecticut 20 June 1945; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23 June 1945; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, Arizona 1 December 1945.

Last updated: 11. February 2018