| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-VE: 44-8101 to 44-8200 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 334th Bomb Squadron, 335th Bomb Squadron, 336th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BG-S |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (20 February 1945) |
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History of
B-17 44-8179 / Cadet Nurse aka Yankee Wolf
Delivered Dallas 30/6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Dow Fd 22/8/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-L] Horham 25/8/44; 335BS [OE-T]; 344BS [BG-S] battle damaged Cologne 17/10/44 with John Miller, Bombardier: Art Scroggins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Manuel Houlis, – Harris pass), all [wia; Navigator: Lt David E Tyrrell; – Davis (Killed in Action); ? (5 Prisoner of War); crash landed Belgium. Repaired and returned to group, battle damaged Nurnberg 20/2/45 with John Roy; attacked by Me 163, force landed between Beauraing and Winnene, near Florennes, Bel; rep; with R.E. Parker, force landed A-78 Florennes AF, Bel; 26m, sal 9AF Germany 10/5/46. CADET NURSE aka YANKEE WOLF.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 12 July 2017
24. July 2019 access_time 13:40
congratulation for your website. I thought it could be useful to mention that in some sources, a confusion seem to exist between information concerning two different B 17 named “Cadet nurse”. The one that made a belly landing near Beauraing in Belgium on February 20th, 1945 (pilot: Young and waist gunner Roy) bears serial number 44 6583. The crash did not take place in Florennes or near this airfield. This Flying Fortress is not the one with serial number 44 8179 “aka Yankee Wolf”. Sorry if my short comment is not correct.
24. July 2019 access_time 13:51
Thank you for the information. Sometimes, it is really confusing by so many B-17s and sources.
So you mean, the right B-17 is 44-6583, which made a belly landing near Beauraing in Belgium.
And this B-17 44-8179 did not crash landed there. Correct? And the name is not “Yankee Wolf”? Only Caded Nurse?
11. August 2024 access_time 1:06
hello, my name is Denis Tyrrell, son of David Tyrrell that was on this plane fighting for our country..he passed away on March 12 of 1977, do to lung cancer, buried in cape coral Florida,
08. February 2025 access_time 4:03
Hello, my grandfather was a Top Turret gunner/ Engineer on the Yankee wolf on 10/17/1944. Unsure if the names you have listed are correct for that date. It was the John bastion crew.