42-29513 El Diablo

Object Number - UPL 19851 - B-17F 42-29513 "El-Diablo"

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 1/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 23/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; Ed Karnes’ crew, 114m transferred weather aircraft 304BW Cerignola 28/10/44; Salvaged 23/8/45. El DIABLO.

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Units served with

346th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29473) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle" of the 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during a mission over Turin. Official caption on image: "26599 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF, 99th BG, 347th BS.' Printed caption on reverse: '26599 AC - A picturesque coastline in the Mediterranean forms a backdrop for a USAAF Flying Fortress on its way to bomb the vital Turin, Italy ball bearing plane on Nov. 8. This plane is one of a large formation whic

99th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gordon D Beese

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36809366
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William Arthur Hunnewell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY, USA 31 December 1942

Assigned

Navarin Airfield, El Eulma, Algeria 23 February 1943 99BG 346BS

Revisions

Date27 Nov 2022 15:00:04
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29513-el-diablo/

Date27 Nov 2022 14:58:42
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29513-el-diablo/

Date1 Mar 2022 19:50:16
Contributorphil marchese
Sources

From images.

Date20 Nov 2016 03:25:54
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:22
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-29513: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 19851 - B-17F 42-29513 "El-Diablo"

Object number: UPL 38238 - B-17F 42-29513 'El Diablo'

42-29513 El Diablo

Object number: UPL 60034 - B-17 42-29513 'El Diablo'

42-29513 El Diablo

Object number: UPL 60037 - B-17 42-29513 El Diablo