Production-block:
B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 to 43-38873
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- 390th Bomb Group
History of
B-17 43-38783
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 390BG Framlingham 17/10/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 13/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. THE MERRY MAX.
Last updated: 3. December 2018
14. September 2024 access_time 1:44
I have a statement from one of the crew that when he got to Kimbolton “Home of the 379th” he flew this aircraft for 11 missions out of his first 12 missions and during that time her Nose Art was “I’ll Get Bye” He was Sgt Duffy C. Hornbeck Jr Waist Gunner.