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Aircraft History Built by Boeing at Seattle. Constructors Number 2471. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-17E Flying Fortress serial number 41-2660. Ferried overseas via Hawaii to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 19th Bombardment Group, 28th Bombardment Squadron. No known nickname or nose art. On September 11, 1942 took off from Port Moreby piloted Captain Jack P. Thompson (C.O. 28th BS) armed with 500 pound bombs on a bombing mission against two Japanese destroyers off roughly 20 miles east of Normanby Island. The destroyers engage the bombers with anti-aircraft fire as the B-17s bomb and strafe. The first element led by this B-17 bombs at 1,500' and missed. The second element led by B-17E 41-2660 pilot Lt James Ellis at 1,600' claimed a hit on one destroyer Isokaze but in fact only scored a near miss. The third element at 1,400' bombed and B-17E 41-2645 pilot Captain Jack P. Thompson bombed and strafed the second destroyer Yayoi and scored a direct hit near the stern and near misses that disables and causes uncontrollable flooding and sinks eight miles northwest of Vakuta Island. Later, assigned to the 4th Air Depot (4th AD) as the personal aircraft of pilot Brigadier General Victor E. Bertrandia. Nicknamed "Muffins" by personnel of the 4th Air Depot at Garbutt Field near Townsville. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-17E 41-2660 Fortress Against The Sun (2001) pages 244-245 (September 11, 1942) Contribute
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