42-31928 Powerful Katrinka
Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 6/2/44; destroyed on base by Luftwaffe bombing 23/5/44, possibly the only B-17 lost this way. POWERFUL KATRINKA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17096706 / O-693026
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Powerful Katrinka
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_2.html