Aircraft
42-32040 Turip Termite / Turnip Termite
817thtransferred out, 31 March 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- Turip Termite / Turnip Termite
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 14 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 17 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 2 February 1944MacDill
- 7 March 1944Morrison
- 14 March 1944Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella
- 26 November 194466m to depot
- Salvaged 12/3/46. TURNIP TERMITE
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 42-32040 B-17 G 35 BO 'Turip Termite' · view at 15thaf.org
- 416th Bomb Squadron · view at American Air Museum in Britain
- 42-32040 Turnip Termite of the 416th BS, 99th BG. · view at American Air Museum in Britain
- UPL 36559 Turnip Termite of the 416th BS, 99th BG. · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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