B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38514 / “E-Z Goin”

History of
B-17 43-38514 / “E-Z Goin”

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Dow Fd 8/9/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/9/44; with Joe Martin on 7/4/45 rammed by enemy aircraft but limped home; in mid air collision with 42-37972 (100BG) badly damaging tail, but new one fitted and transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. E-Z GOIN’.

Last updated: 6. January 2018