42-3319 Shackeroo II / Wackeroo II
Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation
Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton (navigator), 2nd Lt. H. B. Churchwell (pilot), unknown (pool bombadier), S/Sgt. W. A. Wolf (left waist gunner), unknown (mission photographer)
Front Row (L to R): S/Sgt. P. F. DeWolf (radioman), S/Sgt. J. J. Caldwell (ball turret gunner), S/Sgt. L. Pearsall (right waist gunner), S/Sgt. W. Arck (tail gunner), S/Sgt. R. W. Fellure (top turret gunner)
Collection of William A. Wolf
Object Number - UPL 31429 - Shackeroo! Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton...
Delivered Denver 7/5/43; Presque Is 2/6/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [XM-A2] Earls Colne 5/6/43 THIS END UP; re-named WACKEROO II, then SHACKEROO II; Returned to the USA Tinker 9/4/44; Wright Fd 26/11/44; Bolling 29/12/44; Drew 10/2/45; Wright 20/3/45; Drew 15/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.
Revisions
Douglas hallmarks extensively documented at FLYING FORTRESS 1936 - 1945, P.Marchese; and lack of confirmation and supporting evidence at the alleged F-BO serial listing.
This Douglas B-17F has been Identified as either Shackeroo or Shackeroo II elsewhere at AAM.
In so much as the image is an F-DL and no a F-BO, the image is atleast more appropriate here than at the Seattle serial number where previously associated.
Flying Fortress 1936 1945 ; Marchese; description and examples of F-DL and F-BO.
