Aircraft
42-31999 King Salvo / Chicken Ship : The Pickwickian : King Salvo / Chicken Ship aka The Pickwickian aka King Salvo
815thpost-war service, 1 December 1947
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- King Salvo / Chicken Ship : The Pickwickian : King Salvo / Chicken Ship aka The Pickwickian aka King Salvo
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 14 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 28 January 1944Dalhart
- 22 February 1944Kearney
- 25 February 1944Grenier
- Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-X] Horham 27/2/44 CHICKEN SHIP aka PICKWICKIAN
- 36m, Missing in Action Gdynia 6/8/44 with W. R. Kinney, crew unknown
- force landed Russia
- rep, transferred 15AF 815BS/483BG 20/12/44 KING SALVO
- 7 February 1945Salvaged
- 30 April 1947re-ass Eastern Command
- 1 December 1947Recl Comp
Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-31999 B-17 G 35 BO 'King Salvo' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-31999 B-17 G 35 BO 'King Salvo' · view at 15thaf.org
- American Air Museum · view at American Air Museum in Britain
- American Air Museum · view at American Air Museum in Britain
- American Air Museum · view at American Air Museum in Britain
- Robert Waring Bugie · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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