Aircraft
42-97792 Yvonne
840threturned to the USA, 25 October 1945
- Type
- B-17G-30-VE (Lockheed/Vega)
- Names
- Yvonne
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 17 April 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Flags. Association page model B-17 G 25 VE disagrees with the database block B-17G-30-VE: 42-97736 to 42-97835
History
- 28 February 1944Delivered Denver
- 23 March 1944Hunter
- 8 April 1944Morrison
- 11 April 1944slated 413BS/96BG [MZ-N]
- 17 April 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone
- 29 October 1945Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison
- 30 October 19455938 BU Charleston
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46. YVONNE
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 42-97792 B-17 G 25 VE 'Yvonne' · view at 15thaf.org
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