Aircraft

42-38201 2nd Patches

Type

B-17G-30-DL (Douglas)

Names

2nd Patches

Assigned to the 483rd

30 March 1944

Transferred

{'date': None, 'text': 'transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44, then 429BS'}

Sources

Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de

History

• 13 January 1944Delivered Denver
• 1 February 1944Lakeland
• 9 February 1944Morrison
• 30 March 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella
• transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44, then 429BS
• 41m two killed and 8 RTD when ship skidded on airfield PSP into railway embankment and broke up crashed on take off for Pardubice, Czecho. 24/8/44 and sal. 2nd PATCHES

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 42-38201 B-17 G 30 DL '2nd Patches' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-38201 B-17 G 30 DL '2nd Patches' · view at 15thaf.org
• B-17 42-38201 B-17 G 30 DL '2nd Patches' · view at 15thaf.org
• UPL 24486 B-17G-30-DL #42-38201 "2nd Patches" · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "A formation of B-17 Flying Fortress of the 8th AF... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Patches" on shuttle... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Patches" on shuttle... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17s of the 8th Air Force practising... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Patches" on shuttle... · view at American Air Museum in Britain
• "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Patches" on shuttle... · view at American Air Museum in Britain

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