Aircraft
42-107143 Sport
840thlost or wrecked with the 483rd, no report located, 14 July 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-DL (Douglas)
- Names
- Sport
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 23 April 1944
- Loss
- Association record · mission 49, 14 July 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
Loss and incident records
- Association record · 14 July 1944 · mission 49, 14 July 1944
Incidents
- 14 July 1944 · mission 49, 14 July 1944 · no Missing Air Crew Report located in the catalog for this aircraft; loss or incident known only from the Association aircraft page (sheets: Budapest, Hungary)
History
- 5 March 1944Delivered Tulsa
- 12 March 1944Hunter
- 11 April 1944Morrison
- 23 April 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone
- 23 June 1945Returned to the USA Hunter
- 25 June 19454168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. SPORT
Dates and events from Dave Osborne's B-17 Master Log, as published by b17flyingfortress.de; wording condensed to the facts.
Photographs and loss sheets
- B-17 42-107143 B-17 G 35 DL 'Sport' (5 scans) · view at 15thaf.org
- Loss sheet or report scan for B-17 42-107143, mission 49 Budapest, Hungary · 14 July 1944 (11 scans) · view at 15thaf.org
- UPL 24409 Top - B-17G-35-DL #42-107143 "Sport" 483rd BG · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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