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This B17 was named as a replacement for the earlier 42-3131 "Flak-Wolf" which was lost on 11 January 1944 on a mission to Oschersleben.
"Spirit of Flak-Wolf" piloted by the crew of Lt McGarry crashed on 9 April 1944 taking off for a mission to Marienburg. It hit a tree and lost part of its tail stabiliser then struck another tree and finally crashed south of Winwick.
Spirit of Flak-Wolf had completed 18 missions successfully including two to Berlin, as well as the recalled attempt on 3 March 44. It had been hit by machine-gun fire over Aschersleben and flak over Berlin and had been the regular mount for the crew of Lt Harrison who had aborted on 9 April flying in another Fort.
Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
23 Nov 1943 | Assigned to USAAF | ||
27 Nov 1943 | To Cheyenne Modification Center | ||
5 Dec 1943 | To Grand Island AAB | ||
17 Dec 1943 | To Presque isle AAB | ||
21 Dec 1943 | Assigned overseas to 8th Air Force | ||
14 Jan 1944 | Assigned to 303rd Bomb Group at Molesworth | ||
21 Jan 1944 | F/O K A Hoeg | Beaulieu V-weapon target | |
29 Jan 1944 | E S Harrison | Frankfurt | |
30 Jan 1944 | E S Harrison | Brunswick | |
3 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Wilhelmshaven | |
4 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Frankfurt | |
8 Feb 1944 | J J McGarry | Frankfurt | |
11 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Frankfurt | Returned early, non-sortie - (BT) oxygen out |
20 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Leipzig | |
21 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Deipholz airfield | |
22 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Aschersleben | Category A damage - mg hit to #1 engine |
25 Feb 1944 | E S Harrison | Stuttgart | Landed at RAF Redhill |
3 Mar 1944 | S W Estes | Berlin (Recall) | |
4 Mar 1944 | S W Estes | Bonn & Cologne | |
6 Mar 1944 | E S Harrison | Berlin | Category A damage |
9 Mar 1944 | H F Glass | Berlin | |
16 Mar 1944 | E S Harrison | Augsburg | |
18 Mar 1944 | E S Harrison | Lechfeld | |
19 Mar 1944 | E S Harrison | Wizernes V-weapon site | |
23 Mar 1944 | G W Shope | Hamm rail yards | |
26 Mar 1944 | E S Harrison | Wizernes V-weapon site | |
9 Apr 1944 | J J McGarry | Marienburg | CRASHED soon after take-off after hitting a tree and losing part of tail |