Aircraft
44-6856 Jack of Hearts
815thsalvaged or written off, 28 August 1945
- Type
- B-17G-65-DL (Douglas)
- Names
- Jack of Hearts
- Assigned to the 483rd
- 20 December 1944
- Sources
- Association page · American Air Museum · b17flyingfortress.de
History
- 2 December 1944Delivered Hunter
- 13 December 1944Grenier
- 20 December 1944Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone
- 27 August 1945with Bob Davis in landing accident at Pisa, It
- Salvaged 28/8/45. JACK OF HEARTS
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 44-6856 B-17 G 65 DL 'Jack of Hearts' · view at 15thaf.org
- B-17 44-6856 B-17 G 65 DL 'Jack of Hearts' · view at 15thaf.org
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