| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-95-BO: 43-38674 to 43-38873 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 323rd Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | OR-L, LL-L |
| Fate: |
, Salvaged (02 January 1946) |
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History of
B-17 43-38843
Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; 401BS [LL-L]; Salvaged 9AF Germany 2/1/46.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 10 April 2018
28. April 2025 access_time 22:43
The Radio call letters for this aircraft were LL-S
not OR-L/LL-L as listed in the Osbourne / Freeman Fort Log Entry.
Here’s a link to a picture of 43-38843 which is part of the stunning colour photography of the John W. Allen collection held by the Museum of Flight digital archives in Seattle. https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/items/show/51795#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-95%2C37%2C1446%2C772
This aircraft is believed to have been named “Skipper”, but unlike other 91st BG aircraft that returned back to the United States at the end of the war, 43-38843 was transferred to the 92nd Bomb Group that was scheduled for occupation duties and was involved in the post war “Green Project” to relocate displaced civilians across Europe.