identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Hi All,
Curiosity again, anyone know any info on a B-17F 'worry wort' crashlanded/shot down before sept 43.
cheers
Jerry

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

This one?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/3465118848/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/...6dfe47b8_o.jpg

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...790967,00.html

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Hi
Thanks for links, but no this one went missing 8 oct '43.
The photos of the crashed one,( in occupied territory) are pre sep '43,this was when the document was printed.
Hence i was a bit confused...
Presumably there was another b-17F worry wort
cheers
Jerry

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Jerry -
# 42 - 30153 " Worry Wart "
381st BG , 532d Sq.
7/25/43 Shot Down by AA
Crashed Vicinity of Hamburg
Pilot - Lt. Joe Alexander
10 POW MACR # 131
Mike

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Hi
Thanks for the info.
a closer look by me shows is it actually 'worry wart' not 'worry wort', as I had typed.
confusion cleared up now
cheers
Jerry

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Curiously I found no name for 42-30153 on the 381st BG website, nor elsewhere.
However, 42-3153 seems to have been called Worry Wart during the short time with 96th BG before being transferred to 95th BG in June 1943. But this B-17F survived the war...

Regards,

Leendert

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Re: identity of b-17F Worry Wort before sept 43
 

Hi
Thats was a few years ago, from memory that is a page from tbe booklet showing tbe aircraft
cheers
jerry