Aircraft
42-32032 Battlin' Bobby / Battlin Bobby / Battlin’ Bobby
840thtransferred out, 31 March 1944
- Type
- B-17G-35-BO (Boeing)
- Names
- Battlin' Bobby / Battlin Bobby / Battlin’ Bobby
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 14 March 1944
- Transferred
- {'date': '1944-03-31', 'text': 'transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella'}
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 16 January 1944Delivered Cheyenne
- 1 February 1944Lincoln
- 4 February 1944MacDill
- 12 March 1944Morrison
- 14 March 1944Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella
- 31 March 1944transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella
- 19 December 194474m taxi accident
- Salvaged. BATTLIN' BOBBY
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 42-32032 B-17 G 35 BO 'Battlin' Bobby' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 42-32032 B-17 G 35 BO 'Battlin' Bobby' · view at 15thaf.org
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