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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
The Pink Lady is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber, serial number 44-8846, which flew several missions for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) over Nazi Germany near the end of World War II. The plane is now on static display in Cerny, Essonne, France.
The 305th Bomb Group lost 13 of its 16 B-17s in minutes. [18] The B-17s were attacked after bombing by fighters that had refueled and rearmed (JG 11 downed 18 B-17s). [19] A total of 60 bombers were shot down by German fighters and flak and 12 bombers were damaged so badly that they crashed upon return or had to be scrapped.
The first Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber operated by German forces, in KG 200 markings. It crash-landed near Melun, France, on December 12, 1942, and repaired by Luftwaffe ground staff. [citation needed] It gained a USAAF nickname, "Wulfe Hound" On 1 December 1943, a lone B-24 joined a bomber formation from the 44th Bomb Group.
26 June: A 100 BG B-17 surrendered and then escaped. 20/21 June: Operation Bellicose targets Würzburg radar production and is the first bombing of a V-2 rocket facility. 19 July: The first Allied World War II bombing of Rome drops 800 tons of bombs on Littoro and Clampino airports, causing immense damage and 2000 deaths [27]: 110
B-17 37743 42-30039 was hit by flak and came down into sea short of target. [30] Second missed the "Nordsee III" pen due to poor weather conditions [17] [18] Heligoland U-boat pens 30 October 1944 B-17 42-30066 [29] (Mugwump, Rum Bogie II) B-17F 42-3438 [31] Mission 693A: Two of five B-17s made an Aphrodite attack on Heligoland Island, Germany ...
In January 2019, a surviving B-17 (serial number 44-8543) operated by Erickson Aircraft Collection of Madras, Oregon, was repainted as Ye Olde Pub. [25] The plane is flown in airshows and to provide historic flight experiences. [26] Lloyd Jennings, a waist gunner on the B-17, was the last surviving crew member of the incident; he died in 2016. [27]
145 of 163 B-17s open shuttle bombing between the United Kingdom and the USSR. 72 P-38s, 38 P-47 Thunderbolts and 57 P-51s escort the B-17s to the target, a synthetic oil plant at Ruhland, Germany 123 B-17s bomb the primary target, 21 bomb the marshaling yard at Elsterwerda) and a lone B-17 bombs the marshaling yard at Riesa) owing to a bomb ...