44-6542

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 3/10/44; [?ditched Adriatic Sea with Dale Gold 18/12/44?]; severe battle damaged Maribor 1/4/45 with W.B. Cope; three engines out, landed Prakos, Yugo (crew ret in C-47); aircraft repaired and flew back to base; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 6/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

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Units served with

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Savannah, GA 4 September 1944 Hunter AAF

Assigned

Amendola, Italy 3 October 1944

Other

Force Landed

Prkos, Croatia 1 April 1945

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log