Production-block:
B-17G-100-BO: 43-38874 to 43-39073
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- 571st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LD-Y
History of
B-17 43-39005 / Lucky Lassie aka Chapel in the Flak
Delivered Lincoln 4/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 4/12/44; transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-J] 12/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. LUCKY LASSIE aka CHAPEL IN THE FLAK.
Last updated: 10. October 2017
12. October 2020 access_time 15:24
This was my uncle Harold Parkinson’s plane
19. January 2022 access_time 16:13
AS “Lucky Lassie”, my father flew this aircraft in 44-45. I am looking for pictures of the “Lucky Lassie” Nose art if anyone has to share. Thanks