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42-102978

B-17 Flying Fortress

  • A B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-D, serial number 42-102978) of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed at Snetterton Heath. Official caption on image:

    A B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-D, serial number 42-102978) of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed at Snetterton Heath. Official caption on image: "ISAD 10 July 1944. 1805. (WPU, Crash Landing, B-17G, 42-102978, Snetterton Heath) RZ."

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  • B-17G's of the 96th BG airborne sometime in late 1944, early 1945. Pictured, from top to bottom: B-17G 43-37775

    B-17G's of the 96th BG airborne sometime in late 1944, early 1945. Pictured, from top to bottom: B-17G 43-37775 "Oh Hardluck", 96th BG/339th BS (QJ-E), and B-17G 42-102978, 96th BG/413th BS (MZ-D). Unknown OD/NG B-17 at the very bottom.

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Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 21/6/44; Salvaged 7/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Service

Units

  • 8th Air Force

    8th Air Force


    Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...

  • 96th Bomb Group

    96th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945. ...

  • 413th Bomb Squadron

    413th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

People

Places

  • Snetterton Heath

    Military site : airfield
    Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...

Events

Not yet known

Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
G-60-BO
Manufacturer
Boeing
Markings and paint scheme/livery

Uncamoflaged finish.
(Last a/c of block.)
Codes: MZ-D

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
29 May 2020 19:47:44 phil marchese Changes to production block number and markings
Sources

Freeman; ...Story.
Date Contributor Update
29 May 2020 19:32:31 kstrykerAK Changes to manufacturer, markings, unit associations and person associations
Sources

Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. page 293
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:40:13 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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