41-9217 The Globe Trotter
Copy of USAAF photo seen on eBay.
Object Number - UPL 37625 - Copy of USAAF photo seen on eBay.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; then 26BS; Missing in Action 19/2/43 with Capt Smith. FIJI FOO. (movement card shows - retUS Tinker 16/6/43; Patterson 19/2/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/9/45). a US website shows aircraft Assigned 28FS/6FG and with George Haney in landing accident at Tontouta, New Caledonia, 27/10/43).
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, Wyoming | 25 May 1942 | |
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Delivered |
Hickam Army Airfield, Hawaii | 7 June 1942 | 11BG 431BS |
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Crashed |
Tontouta, New Caledonia | 27 October 1943 |
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Sources
"B-17 Flying Fortress Story" - Roger Freeman
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_8.html
