Production-block:
B-17G-100-BO: 43-38874 to 43-39073
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 710th Bomb Squadron
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History of
B-17 43-39054
Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 28/11/44; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 30/11/44; transferred 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/12/44; n/battle damaged crash landed base with Larry Moore 24/3/44; Salvaged 28/3/45.
Last updated: 24. December 2018
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06. August 2023 access_time 23:45
This B-17 was assigned to the 447BG, 710BS, and nicknamed ‘Jersey Bounce II’. There are photos in this mission list http://www.447bg.com/Jepson%20McBroom%20Crew.htm. The date of the crash landing should be 24/3/45.
18. October 2024 access_time 7:34
my grandfather was the navigator on two missions on the jersey bounce in January of 1945.