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B-17G-25-DL 42-38017 XR-O One Mission Lulu Delivered Cheyenne 15/11/43; Syracuse 7/12/43; Presque Isle 15/12/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-O] Thorpe Abbotts 28/12/43; Missing in Action Schwelswig A/Fd 3/3/44 with John Gossage, Co-pilot: Bert McNeil, Navigator: Ed Werner, Bombardier: Howard Ball, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Cooper, Radio Operator: Mike Polanick, Ball turret gunner: Tom Wooderson, Waist gunner: Don Sackrider, Waist gunner: Jim Gregg, Tail gunner: Art Congrove (10 Prisoner of War); damaged by wreckage from two colliding 100BG ships above, pilot headed for Sweden but crash landed at an airfield near Schelswig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3025. ONE MISSION LU LU (?TEN BATTY BOYS). (Sal by Luftwaffe and restored for KG 200).
Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-25-DL 42-38017 (349th BS, 100th BG) damaged by enemy fire during mission to Berlin and crashlanded Schwelsig Airfield Mar 3, 1944. The crew mistakenly thought they had reached Sweden. 10 POW. MACR 3025. Aircraft salvaged by Luftwaffe and operated by KG200, perhaps as A3+GE. Destroyed at Jagel by P-51s. Plane piloted by Lieutenant John G. Grossage.









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Veery interesting! Although the rear of photo says 1941, the insignia agrees with 1943, however the question is, how did a B-17D land in Rome? Could this be one of the B-17Ds mentioned in relation to HALPRO in another thread?
 
SaparotRob said:
I never knew American flagged B-17C?Ds made it to the MTO(?). A squadron hack?
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I have an old book somewhere in the basement ('Famous Bombers of WW2', or something similar). In the chapter on the B-17, I distinctly remember reading that 4 of the RAF Fortress I's were sent to the Med, where I was returned to the USAAF. I wonder if this is that aircraft?
 
special ed said:
Veery interesting! Although the rear of photo says 1941, the insignia agrees with 1943, however the question is, how did a B-17D land in Rome? Could this be one of the B-17Ds mentioned in relation to HALPRO in another thread?
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SaparotRob said:
I never knew American flagged B-17C?Ds made it to the MTO(?). A squadron hack?
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Here is a picture of a better quality. It's the B-17D 42-3092 5th BG - 23rd BS - 5th AF. Assigned 23BS/5BG Hickam Filed, HI 14-May-41; (aircraft No.41) Returned to the USA Long Beach 22-Oct-42; Love Field 23-Nov-42; Smyrna 2-Jan-43; Lockbourn 23-Jan-43; crashed Newark Army Air Field, NJ with Dan Kingman 15-Jul-43; Salvaged. Ended as trainer for Aviation Engineering Cadet Detachment at Yale Univ. 1944-45. Never served in the UK. And it seems she never left the USA.


the source: 40-3092 | American Air Museum
 
Interesting ... so the paint scheme is from the Hawaiian Air Depot?
 
Warspite63 said:
Interesting ... so the paint scheme is from the Hawaiian Air Depot?
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I would say yes .. it looks like the Hawaiian Air Depot colors. According to the Roger Freeman's " The B-17 Flying Fortress story ", the B-17D 40-3092 was assigned to the 5th Bomb Group in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She survived and participated in many patrols over the ocean. Having a close up look at the pic it may be noticed the old US insignia were overpainted and the new ones with the bars applied at the new location. The old book Camouflage & Markings 13, BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS 1937-1945 also has the picture and the info it was taken in 1944. The next net source says it was taken at Yale University.
 
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