Aircraft
42-38209 Earthquake McGoon
817thtransferred out, 1 March 1944
- Type
- B-17G-30-DL (Douglas)
- Names
- Earthquake McGoon
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 30 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-01', 'text': 'transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 3/'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 16 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 4 February 1944MacDill
- 30 March 1944Assigned 817/483BG Tortorella
- 1 March 1944transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 3/
- 1 August 1945[58m retUS 4100 BU Patterson
- Recl Comp 2/5/46. EARTHQUAKE McGOON
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 42-38209 B-17 G 30 DL 'Earthquake McGoon' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-38209 B-17 G 30 DL 'Earthquake McGoon' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-38209 B-17 G 30 DL 'Earthquake McGoon' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-38209 B-17 G 30 DL 'Earthquake McGoon' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-38209 B-17 G 30 DL 'Earthquake McGoon' · view at 15thaf.org
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