Aircraft
42-32036
816thtransferred out, 31 March 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 11 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 15 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 5 February 1944MacDill
- 8 March 1944Morrison
- 11 March 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella
- 7 July 1944mid air coll with 42-106997 on
- sheared tail off ‘997, landed Amendola (2BG)
- 11 December 1944to depot
- 27 July 1945{74m} Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson
- 2 May 1946Recl 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 42-32036 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32036 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32036 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
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