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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 16/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Rougham 22/1/45; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-Y] Molesworth 18/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45. IDLE WHEEL.
Military | Captain | Bomber pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). 36 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
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| 17 October 2020 21:29:17 | jmoore43 | Changes to production block number and manufacturer |
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Added Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the web. |
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| 17 October 2020 21:23:46 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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