| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-70-VE: 44-8501 to 44-8600 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 452nd Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | XR-R |
| MACR: | 11345 |
| Fate: |
, Battle damaged (29 December 1944) |
History of
B-17 44-8514 / Lassie Come Home
Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 19/10/44; Assigned 482BG H2X Alconbury 20/10/44; transferred 452BG Deopham Green 21/10/44; 349BS/100BG [XR-R] Thorpe Abbotts 23/10/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 29/12/44 with John Furrer, J.R. Fegans, Howard Bobb, L.D. Guthrie, Paul Miller (5 Returned to Duty); Jim Young, John Peters, Jim McElrath (3 Prisoner of War); Bob Garrison (Killed in Action); force landed continent, but eventually repaired & ret UK; Missing Air Crew Report 11345; landing accident with Ron Lebo 19/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. LASSIE COME HOME.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 06 January 2018
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