42-5293 Ole Sad Sack

Boeing build B-17F-45-BO, flying for the 383rd Bombardment Group (operational training unit).



Assigned 316BS/88BG; Delivered Geiger 6/11/42; Pierre 25/2/43; Rapid City 29/4/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Spokane 13/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/44; 801 BU Pope Fd 27/4/44; 325 BU Avon Park 25/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45. THE SAD SACK.

Revisions

Date
ContributorWeary Willie
Changes
Sources

88BG Reel B0170 pg 1067 - AFHRA

Date
ContributorSnautzer
Changes
Sources

Picture colour with 383rd BG revealing : https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/boeing-b-17-flying-fortress.41935…
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/383d_Bombardment_Group

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log