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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G-10-BO #42-31473 "My Baby" 301st BG 99th BG 2nd BG
Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 10/11/43; Gr Island 26/11/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/12/43 (first G in sqd); 29m transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action (95m) Moravska Ostrova, Czech. 29/8/44 with Bob McCloskey, Navigator: Willard Netzley, Bombardier: John Curran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jones (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Helveston(died next day in German hospital), Bombardier: John Curran, Radio Operator: Edwin Everett, Ball turret gunner: Luther Durrette, Waist gunner: Chas Munden, Waist gunner: Harry Schirmer,Tail gunner: Elmer Pruitt (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bohmen, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 8109. MY BABY.
Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Group
Constituted as 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Trained with B-17's. Moved to North Africa, Feb-May 1943, and assigned to Twelfth AF. Entered combat in Mar 1943 and bombed such targets as airdromes, harbor...
Squadron
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Cheyenne Modification Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming | 5 November 1943 |
| Assigned | Tortorella, Italy | 31 December 1943 |
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99 BG |
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| Transferred | Amendola Airfield, Italy | 28 March 1944 |
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2 BG |
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| Manufactured | Bohmen, Czech Republic | |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 March 2019 18:32:24 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, events, unit associations and place associations |
| Sources | ||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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