USAAF
19th BG
40th BS
Transfered to
43rd BG
Aircraft History
Delivered to US Army October 29, 1941 at Boeing Field. Flown to Hawaii and then to Australia.
Wartime History
Dispersed to Mareeba, the back to Garbutt. Participated in the February 22/23, 1942 mission to Rabaul, flown by Harry Brandon, and claimed one Zero shot down. It Landed
at 7-Mile Drome outside Port Moresby with the left engine out from battle damage and ran out
of gas on the runway.
MacArthur's Evacuation
On
March 12, 1942, this bomber was one of the four B-17s flown Mindanao to evacuate General MacArthur and his staff, and was flown by Captain Harold
Chaffin. Mechanical problems forced it to arrive late at Del
Monte Field on Mindanao. It picked up as many of
the remaining staff and pilots to take them to Australia.
Later, it was assigend to the 43rd BG on November 28, 1943. Finally, it was scrapped at Brisbane area in October 1944.
B-17
