44-8709 Joltin Joe
95th BG - 336th BS
formerly with the 100th BG - 350th BS
Object Number - UPL 44498 - B-17G-80-VE #44-8709 "Joltin' Joe" Code: ET-F 95th BG - 336th BS formerly with the 100th BG - 350th BS
Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 20/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; transferred as PFF 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 23/1/45; 13m, Returned to the USA Morrison 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/10/45. FIREBALL RED aka JOLTIN’ JOSE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 192075?6
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19078489
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 28 March 1945
- Date: 22 March 1945
- Date: 20 March 1945
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY | 30 November 1944 | |
|
Assigned |
Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, UK | 8 January 1945 | 100BG 350BS LN-J |
|
Assigned |
Horham Airfield, UK | 23 January 1945 | 95BG 336BS ET-F |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/aircraft/357