Production-block:
B-17G-85-BO: 43-38274 to 43-38473
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 508th Bomb Squadron
- 509th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: YB-O, RQ-O
Missions: 59
History of
B-17 43-38277
Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 21/8/44; 509BS [RQ-O]; in base taxi accident with Ed Ashton 20/1/45; 59m Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.
Last updated: 8. November 2018
B-17 43-38277 Details
Hit by flak and set on fire on 09 September 1944. Fire was extinguished but gunners bailed out over England. Aircraft landed back at Polebrook. Pilot Lt. Richard B. Moulton.
08. November 2018 access_time 7:48
My grandfather flew his final mission in this aircraft. Mission to Lutzkendorf, Germany to bomb oil refineries. 11 September 1944. He was one of the gunners (Ball Turret) who bailed out of the plane. Unfortunately, his parachute did not open in time and he landed in a swamp.
I am getting ready to build a model of this aircraft. If anyone has pictures of this or any other 351st BG B17 stationed at Polebrook in 1944, I would LOVE to see it!
http://www.351st.org/loadlist/search.php?type=m&mission=203&ac=43-38277
https://www.evergreenhealthfoundation.com/walter-bergstrom/
16. April 2023 access_time 7:11
No pictures, but I found this rendering of it. https://www.deviantart.com/claveworks/art/B-17-USA-351st-Bomb-Group-1-306891606