Aircraft

42-29788

returned to the USA, 20 April 1945

Type: B-17F-70-BO (Boeing)
Assigned to the 483rd: 31 March 1944
Sources: b17flyingfortress.de

Flags. not on the Association aircraft pages; known from the databases

History

18 February 1943Delivered Cheyenne
5 March 1943Will Rogers
31 March 1943with 15Ferry Gp taxi accident at Belem en route North Africa
17 April 1943Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin
27 April 1943Chateau-du-Rhumel
17 June 1943Ain M’Lila
31 July 1943Massicault
2 December 1943Bizerte
9 December 1943Amendola
28 March 1944transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella
31 March 1944{3m with 99} transferred 483BG Tortorella
2 April 1944ret 8AF
20 April 1945Returned to the USA Morrison
9 May 1945Rome
21 June 1945Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd

Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.

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