44-6193

Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 27/6/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 4/7/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/12/45.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 26 May 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 26-May-44.

Assigned

Celone, Foggia, Italy 4 July 1944 Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

Other

Returned ZI

Morrison AAF, FL 7 October 1945 Returned to the USA, Morrison AAF 7-Oct-45.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log