Aircraft
42-32111
816thsalvaged or written off, 14 July 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 13 March 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 24 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 7 February 1944MacDill
- 9 March 1944Morrison
- 13 March 1944Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella
- battle damaged Budapest 14/7/44 with Bob Goesling, (crew ?)
- force landed Foggia Main with 30,000 flak holes !!
- 15 July 1945Salvaged
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 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32111 B-17 G 35 BO · view at 15thaf.org
- UPL 33216 Circa 1944 - B-17G #42-32111, Del Cheyenne 24/1/44; McDill 7/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Ass 816BS/483BG Tortorella, Italy. · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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