B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6009 / Flak Eater

History of
B-17 44-6009 / Flak Eater

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 1/5/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Chelveston 17/5/44; force landed on continent 4/12/44 but repaired 28+m, then transferred 351BG Polebrook 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. FLAK EATER.

Last updated: 20. February 2019