42-29918 Webfoot

Delivered Denver 9/3/43; Gore 20/3/43; Tinker 30/3/43; Homestead 7/4/43; Morrison 12/4/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 12/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Messina 16/8/43, 1KIA; transferred 342BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Missing in Action Piraeus 11/1/44 with 1Lt Herbert G Easterling, 1Lt Daniel L Rader, 1Lt John D Slusher, 2Lt Melvin G Buck, T/Sgt Robert H Buford, S/Sgt Alvie A Ashcraft, S/Sgt Robert M Butler, S/Sgt Harold R McClung, S/Sgt Roy L Smith Jr, S/Sgt Theodore H Vick, Sgt William F McClain; coll with 42-3251, crashed Kalami, Gr. Missing Air Crew Report 2027 (?9439). WEBFOOT.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29473) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle" of the 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during a mission over Turin. Official caption on image: "26599 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF, 99th BG, 347th BS.' Printed caption on reverse: '26599 AC - A picturesque coastline in the Mediterranean forms a backdrop for a USAAF Flying Fortress on its way to bomb the vital Turin, Italy ball bearing plane on Nov. 8. This plane is one of a large formation whic

99th Bomb Group

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

Places

Aircraft

42-3251

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 348th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA 9 March 1943 Delivered Denver AAF 9-Mar-43.

Assigned

Navarin, 83390 Puget-ville, France 12 May 1943 Assigned to 346BS, 99BG Navarin 12-May-43.

Assigned

14 November 1943 Transferred 342BS, 97BG, 15AF Depienne 14-Nov-43.

Crashed

Kalami, Greece 11 January 1944 Missing in Action Piraeus 11-Jan-44 mid air collision with 42-3251, crashed Kalami, Greece.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28709470

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log