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42-102659 IW-J Hard Seventeen (AKA Hard Luck)
Hard Seventeen
Hard Luck
An Image of the Hard Seventeen taken on its 25th mission.
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Serial No:
42-102659
Model:
B-17G-55-BO
Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
Delivered:
03/23/1944
Assigned:
05/30/1944
Lost:
01/10/1945
Mission Lost:
Euskirchen (#194)
How Lost:
Battle Damage
Notes:
Lost two engines over the target (presumably from flak) and force-landed at Grimbergen, Belgium. Scrapped.
Originally assigned to the 447th BG (Rattlesden).
Recorded Missions
#
Date
Mission
Crew
1
06/04/1944
Massey/Palaiseau (#83)
James A. Gruman Crew #1
2
07/07/1944
Leipzig (#105)
James F. Risher Crew #1
3
07/11/1944
Munich (#107)
James F. Risher Crew #1
4
07/13/1944
Munich (#109)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
5
07/18/1944
Peenemunde (#111)
James F. Risher Crew #1
6
07/20/1944
Leipzig (#113)
Howard P. Lerwick Crew #1
7
07/21/1944
Schweinfurt (#114)
Woodville G. Rozzell Crew #1
8
07/24/1944
Saint-Lo (#115)
Bodo C. Konze Crew #1
9
07/25/1944
Saint-Lo (#116)
Elmer W. Mercer Crew #1
10
07/28/1944
Merseburg (#117)
Elmer W. Mercer Crew #1
11
07/29/1944
Merseburg (#118)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
12
07/29/1944
Merseburg (#118)
Elmer W. Mercer Crew #1
13
08/01/1944
Chartres (#120)
Jack B. Evans Crew #1
14
08/03/1944
Strasbourg (#121)
Charles W. Stegemann Crew #1
15
08/04/1944
Anklam (#122)
John J. Brown Jr. Crew #1
16
08/05/1944
Nienburg (#123)
Paul J. Sullivan Crew #1
17
08/08/1944
Hautmensil (#125)
Howard P. Lerwick Crew #1
18
08/14/1944
Haggenau (#129)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
19
08/16/1944
Schkenditz (#130)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
20
08/24/1944
Weimar (#132)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
21
08/25/1944
Peenemunde (#133)
Howard P. Lerwick Crew #1
22
08/26/1944
Terte/La Louvierre (#135)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
23
08/27/1944
Berlin (Recall) (#136)
Charles W. Utter Crew #1
24
08/30/1944
Coubronne (#137)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
25
09/05/1944
Ludwigshaven (#139)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
26
09/09/1944
Mannheim (#140)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
27
09/10/1944
Gaggenau (#141)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
28
09/11/1944
Merseburg (#142)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
29
09/17/1944
Groesbeck (#144)
Robert W. James Crew #1
30
09/19/1944
Hamm (#145)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
31
09/22/1944
Kassel (#146)
John W. Kovach Crew #1
32
09/25/1944
Frankfurt (#147)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
33
09/26/1944
Osnabruck (#148)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
34
09/28/1944
Magdeburg (#150)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
35
09/30/1944
Munster (#151)
Hal C. Mays Crew #1
36
10/06/1944
Stargard (#153)
Louis E. Cooper Crew #1
37
10/07/1944
Politz (#154)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
38
10/15/1944
Cologne (#156)
Walter L. Morton Crew #1
39
10/17/1944
Cologne (#157)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
40
10/22/1944
Hanover (#159)
Herbert L. Oas Jr. Crew #1
41
10/25/1944
Hamburg (#160)
Norman L. Sisson Crew #1
42
11/04/1944
Hamburg (#165)
Frederick H. Babcock Crew #1
43
11/05/1944
Frankfurt (#166)
John E. Fondren Crew #1
44
11/06/1944
Harburg (#167)
Glenn H. St. Aubyn Crew #1
45
11/08/1944
Merseburg (#168)
Francis E. Rundell II Crew #1
46
11/21/1944
Merseburg (#171)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
47
11/26/1944
Misburg (#173)
Glenn H. St. Aubyn Crew #1
48
12/04/1944
Kassel (#176)
John E. Fondren Crew #1
49
12/11/1944
Frankfurt (#179)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
50
12/12/1944
Merseburg (#180)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
51
12/15/1944
Kassel (#181)
Walter L. Morton Crew #1
52
12/27/1944
Gerolstein (#184)
Julian A. Roadman Crew #1
53
12/29/1944
Bingen (#186)
John S. Cole Jr. Crew #1
54
12/30/1944
Kaiserslautern (#187)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
55
01/03/1945
Hermulheim (#190)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
56
01/05/1945
Koblenz (#191)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1
57
01/06/1945
Kempernich (#192)
Myron L. King Crew #1
58
01/10/1945
Euskirchen (#194)
Russell B. Thompson Crew #1