42-102659 Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck

media-25627.jpeg UPL 25627 42-102659 Hard Seventeen Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 25627 - 42-102659 Hard Seventeen

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 16/5/44; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-J] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; Salvaged 10/1/45.



Lost two engines over the target (presumably from flak) and force-landed at Grimbergen, Belgium. Scrapped.

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Units served with

People

Joseph S Zubrickas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Missions

B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

769

  • Date: 29 December 1944

764

  • Date: 27 December 1944

750

  • Date: 15 December 1944

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

746

  • Date: 11 December 1944

Revisions

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=102659

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=102659

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=102659

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Hutchinson & Cortright

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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