Production-block:
B-17G-65-DL: 44-6751 to 44-6875
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 483rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 840th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 44-6765 / Doughboy Speed
Delivered Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 7/12/44; crashed in Alps 20 miles NE Campo Tures, It 6/6/45 with John Mason, Gibson, Williams, Jackson, Arroyo, Fraser, Horner, Frame, Barnstable, Vold (10 Killed in Action); plus ten passengers all KIA; DOUGHBOY SPEED.
Last updated: 11. June 2018
21. December 2023 access_time 22:38
There’s a photo available of the wreckage of the aircraft after it struck a mountain.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/44-6765