42-97257 Knock-Out Baby!
Object Number - UPL 19584 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97257 'Knock-Out Baby!' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Dalhart 3/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-L] Horham 28/3/44; with Horace O. Turner, 24/4/44, Bombardier/Navigator [wia]; with J.C. Bertram 11/7/44, Waist gunner: Ray Carpenter [wia]; with T.G. Bek 24/12/44, Ball turret gunner: Leon Erisman [wia]; with J. Durham force landed B-58 Moelsbroek, Belg. 28/3/45; 111m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. KNOCK-OUT BABY. This aircraft was assigned to the 412th BS 95th BG Horham 28/3/1944. It survived the war and was sent for scrap 8/11/1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-703082
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 May 1945
- Official Description: Around 380 B-17’s drop food supplies at Schiphol and Alkmaar airfields, Vogelenzang, Hilversum, and Utrecht.
- Date: 5 May 1945
- Official Description: About 400 B-17’s drop food at Schiphol and Alkrraar airfields, Vogelenzang, Hilversum, and Utrecht.
- Date: 28 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description: Mission 901: Preparatory air operations for the forthcoming (23 Mar) crossing of the lower Rhine River by Allied ground forces begin. 1,408 bombers and 806 fighters, in conjunction with Ninth Air Force and RAF aircraft, attack jet fighter bases; with...
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Knock-Out Baby!
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Combat casualty |
Friedrichshafen, Germany | 24 April 1944 | With Lt. Horace O. Turner, Bombardier/Navigator [WIA] |
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Other Combat casualty |
Friedrichshafen, Germany | 11 July 1944 | With Lt John C Bertram 11/7/44, Waist gunner: Ray Carpenter [WIA]. |
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Other Combat casualty |
24 December 1944 | With Lt Thomas G Bek 24/12/44, Ball turret gunner: Leon Erisman [WIA]. | |
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Crashed |
Melsbroek, 1820 Steenokkerzeel, Belgium | 28 March 1945 | Force landed B-58 Moelsbroek, Belgium. 28/3/45. Pilot Lt John O Durham. |
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Other Returned Stateside |
Bradley Field, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA | 26 June 1945 | Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45. 111 mission veteran, sold for scrap. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-97257-knock-out-baby/
Added by Karen Turner, daughter of Horace O. Turner
Added by daughter of Horace Turner, Karen Turner.
Added by Karen Turner, daughter of Horace Turner.
Added by Karen Turner, daughter of Horace Turner.
Added by Karen Turner, daughter of Horace O "Hank" Turner.
