Aircraft
42-32023 Flak Happy
815thtransferred out, 31 March 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- Flak Happy
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 12 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 14 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 1 February 1944Kansas City
- 5 February 1944MacDill
- 9 March 1944Morrison
- 12 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella
- 6 June 1945{87m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley
- 28 June 19454104 BU Rome
- 12 October 1945Chanute
- 17 December 19454168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas
- 8 December 19464136 BU Tinker
- 31 December 19464104 BU Rome
- Recl Comp 19/6/47. FLAK HAPPY
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 42-32023 B-17 G 35 BO 'Flak Happy' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32023 B-17 G 35 BO 'Flak Happy' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32023 B-17 G 35 BO 'Flak Happy' · view at 15thaf.org
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