447th Bomb Group Association
Bang Bang LuLu
A B-17G-100-BO, built by Boeing in October 1944, and assigned to the 708th Squadron sometime before the end of that year. Bang Bang Lulu is named after a song.
Combat Missions:
No | DATE | TARGET | PILOT |
1 | 1/5/1945 | Waxweiler, Ger. | Bowling |
2 | 1/6/1945 | Worms, Ger | Schwab |
3 | 1/7/1945 | Paderborn, Ger. | Phaneuf |
4 | 1/8/1945 | Frankfurt, Ger | Dewey |
5 | 1/10/1945 | Darlsruhe, Ger | Kubic |
6 | 1/14/1945 | Magdeburg, Ger | Russel |
7 | 1/15/1945 | Augsburg, Ger | Harms |
8 | 1/16/1945 | Magdeburg, Ger. | Harms |
9 | 1/21/1945 | Mannheim, Ger | Hewit |
10 | 1/29/1945 | Kassel, Ger | Harried |
11 | 2/1/1945 | Wese, Ger | Gurney |
12 | 2/3/1945 | Berlin, Ger | Harms |
13 | 2/9/1945 | Weimar, Ger | Kearney |
14 | 2/14/1945 | Wesel, Ger | Harms |
15 | 2/15/1945 | Huhland, Ger | Gurney |
16 | 2/16/1945 | Wesel, Ger | Lawrence |
17 | 2/19/1945 | Wesel, Ger | Harms |
18 | 2/22/1945 | Aalen, Ger | Russel |
19 | 2/23/1945 | Crailsheim, Ger | Harms |
20 | 2/24/1945 | Bremen, Ger | Harms |
21 | 2/27/1945 | Liepzig, Ger | Harms |
22 | 3/1/1945 | Ulm, Ger | Harms |
23 | 3/2/1945 | Dresden, Ger | Beighley |
24 | 3/3/1945 | Brunswick, Ger | Harms |
25 | 3/7/1945 | Datteln, Ger | Gurney |
26 | 3/8/1945 | Frankfurt, Ger | Harms |
27 | 3/9/1945 | Frankfurt, Ger | Harms |
28 | 3/11/1945 | Hamburg, Ger | Harms |
29 | 3/12/1945 | Marburg, Ger | Harms |
30 | 3/14/1945 | Hanover, Ger | Harms |
31 | 3/18/1945 | Berlin, Ger | Harms |
32 | 3/19/1945 | Zwickau, Ger | Harms |
33 | 3/21/1945 | Wittmundhafen,Ger | Colby |
34 | 3/22/1945 | Rhur Valley, Ger | Colby |
35 | 3/23/1945 | Holzwickede, Ger | Harms |
36 | 3/24/1945 | Bremen, Ger | Harms |
37 | 3/28/1945 | Hannover, Ger | Harms |
38 | 3/30/1945 | Hamburg, Ger | Harms |
39 | 3/31/1945 | Brandenburg, Ger | Harms |
40 | 4/7/1945 | Schwerin, Ger | Harms |
41 | 4/8/1945 | Plauen, Ger | Harms |
42 | 4/9/945 | Neuberg, Ger | Roberts |
43 | 4/10/1945 | Brandenburg/Briest, Ger | Harms |
44 | 4/11/1945 | Ingolstadt, Ger | Radus |
45 | 4/14/1945 | Royan Area, France | Harms |
46 | 4/15/1945 | Royan Area, France | Dankmyer |
47 | 4/16/1945 | Royan Area, France | Haig |
48 | 4/20/1945 | Neuruppin, Ger | Haig |
49 | 4/21/1945 | Ingolstadt, Ger | Radus |
Bang Bang Lulu returned to
the US after the war
and was scrapped at Kingman in 1946