40-2062

media-43475.jpeg UPL 43475 Lt. James T. Connally and the crew of B-17C Flying Fortress #40-2062 at Batchelor, Northern Territory after their first bombing raid out of Australia. Nine B-17's staged through Del Monte on Mindanoa to bomb the Japanese landing at Legaspi.

Object Number - UPL 43475 - Lt. James T. Connally and the crew of B-17C Flying Fortress #40-2062 at Batchelor, Northern Territory after their first bombing raid out of...

Delivered Hickam 17-Oct-42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clarke Field 20-Oct-41; with Jim Connally landed Malang, 11-Jan-41; returned to Batchelor, Australia 20-Dec-41 with Jim Connally, Milton Beekman, M. Rowan, Durward Fesmire, Milton Kelm, Bob Hiron, Coburn, Peterson, Quinzel, Dick Olsen, McIntyre; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41; while on a test flight 3-Feb-42 with Ray Cox, Co-pilot: John Huse, Navigator: John Sowa, Bombardier: Art Karlinga, John Remsy, Jack Bingham, Tail gunner: Don Barnes (7 Killed in Action) two others were 131st Field Artillery members, both KIA, shot down by Zeros over Malang, Java, the last B-17C in theatre.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Removed block number from serial number

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Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2015. All changes based on "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A Freeman with David Osborne.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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