447th Bomb Group Association
harvard planes
From the 8th to the 12th of
November, 1943,
sixty-two B-17s of the 447th Bomb Group left
Harvard AAB
in Nebraska for a transatlantic flight to
England.
Sixty arrived.
A year and a half later, the war in
Europe had come to an end.
Of those sixty B-17s, five were
left.
| Aircraft | Transit Crew | Sqdn | Disposition | |
| 42-31082 | 75-33 Hickey | 710 | Lost 1/11/44 w/ Hickey | |
| 42-31088 | 75-48 Hudson | HEAVEN CAN WAIT | 711 | Crashed on takeoff, 4/12/44 w/King |
| 42-31092 | 75-A-1 Harris, H. | BUTCH II | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 4/45 |
| 42-31095 | 75-A-3 Newman/Hopla | THE GROUND POUNDER | 708 | Forced landing on Continent, 10/2/44 |
| 42-31096 | 75-46 Jellison | SQUIRMIN SQUAW | 711 | Lost 2/10/44 w/Jellison |
| 42-31100 | 75-15 Lewis | THE GIMP | 709 | Crashed on takeoff, 1/1/45 |
| 42-31104 | 75-5 Dalzell | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged, 7/ 44 | |
| 42-31107 | 75-17 Larson | LADY JANE | 709 | Lost 1/11/44 w/ Jarrell |
| 42-31108 | 75-A-5 Sheppard/Goetz | DEVIL'S MATE | 709 | Lost 1/29/44 w/ Allen |
| 42-31112 | 75-35 Graham | PAPER DOLL | 710 | Lost 3/3/44 w/ Graham |
| 42-31124 | 75-45 Moore | LADY LILIAN | 711 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Davidson |
| 42-31125 | 75-53 Lowry | NO REGRETS, ROUGHOUSE | 711 | Lost 12/31/43 w/Moore |
| 42-31127 | 75-12 Stenvig | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged, 5/44 | |
| 42-31128 | 75-14 Brown, W | 709 | Lost 7/20/44 w/Miller | |
| 42-31144 | 75-27 Rowland | MISS AMERICA | 710 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Hughes |
| 42-31145 | 75-4 Gilleran | HI JINX | 708 | Lost 2/6/44 w/Reed |
| 42-31146 | 75-11 Putnam | 708 | Lost 1/30/44 w/Putnam | |
| 42-31148 | 75-34 Johnson, K.A. | MORNING STAR | 710 | Ditched 3/3/44 w/Ralston |
| 42-31154 | 75-10 Eastman | SHACK HAPPY | 708 | Lost 11/25/44 w/Wiggin |
| 42-31155 | 75-41 Carmack | 711 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged, 3/44 | |
| 42-31156 | 75-9 Huff | BIG STOOP | 708 | Crashed 4/11/44 in Denmark w/Pauling |
| 42-31157 | 75-23 Nance | RED ASS | 709 | Lost 2/13/44 w/Macdonald |
| 42-31160 | 75-29 Kauffun | MICKEY | 710 | Crashed 2/13/44 in English Channel |
| 42-31161 | 75-40 Johnson, W.H. | SPARE PARTS | 711 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Peper |
| 42-31165 | 75-25 Jurnecka | 709 | Lost 3/4/44 w/Geyer | |
| 42-31167 | 75-8 Reed | 708 | Lost 2/10/44 w/Finfinger | |
| 42-31168 | 75-30 Guynn | 710 | Returned to US, Salvaged at Kingman | |
| 42-31169 | 75-38 Marcy | HEY MABEL | 710 | Crash-landed 3/9/44 at Honnington |
| 42-31172 | 75-24 Johnson, P.W. | 709 | Transferred to 306BG, then interned Switz | |
| 42-31173 | 75-36 Beaty | MAID TO PLEASE | 710 | Lost 12/30/43 w/Schrero |
| 42-31184 | 75-A-10 McQuire | OLD CROW | 711 | Lost 4/13/44 w/Kreuzer |
| 42-31185 | 75-A-4 Smith/Socolofsky | SATCHEL LASS | 708 | Crash-landed 9/4/44 |
| 42-31186 | 75-A-6 Rall/Skinner | DING'S DILEMMA | 709 | Lost 2/28/44 w/C. Harris |
| 42-31188 | 75-22 Perkins | DEAD MAN'S HAND | 709 | Lost 4/19/45 w/Glazner |
| 42-31191 | 75-39 Esterline | VIRGINIA LEE | 710 | Lost 3/27/44 w/Gaskell |
| 42-31204 | 75-47 Fouts | 711 | lost 2/28/44 w/Fouts | |
| 42-31206 | 75-42 Keller | JOURNEY'S END | 711 | Returned to US, Salvaged at Kingman |
| 42-31207 | 75-6 Hitchcock | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 3/44 | |
| 42-31208 | 75-26 Sizer | 709 | Ditched 3/9/44 w/Jurnecka | |
| 42-31210 | 75-31 Leavitt | PICCADILLY ANN / BUCCANEER | 710 | Ditched 3/9/44 w/ McGuire |
| 42-31217 | 75-32 Chardi | SOLID SENDER | 710 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Paris |
| 42-31219 | 75-37 White | 710 | Lost over the Atlantic during crossing | |
| 42-31223 | 75-49 Huckins | 711 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 3/44 | |
| 42-31225 | 75-18 MacDonald | SCHEHERAZADE | 709 | Returned to US, Salvaged at Kingman |
| 42-31227 | 75-13 Morley | DOTTIE JANE | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 3/44 |
| 42-37824 | 75-16 Greewell | ICE COLD KATIE / MISS BOO | 709 | Ditched 1/11/44 w/Fouts |
| 42-37840 | 75-A-7 Elder/Finfinger | COMBINED OPERATIONS | 710 | Transferred to 306BG, then crashed in UK |
| 42-37842 | 75-44 Kinsinger | 711 | Lost 4/8/44 w/Anderson | |
| 42-37854 | 75-2 Lagasse | 708 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 1/45 | |
| 42-37855 | 75-A-9 McRay/Hodges | 711 | Damaged beyond repair and salvaged 3/44 | |
| 42-37864 | 75-A-2 Bowman | 708 | Lost 5/20/44 w/Mitchell | |
| 42-37865 | 75-7 Theisen | 708 | Lost over the Atlantic during crossing | |
| 42-37866 | 75-3 Widstrom | BLOATED BODY | 708 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Donahue |
| 42-37868 | 75-1 Jarrell | DUE BACK | 708 | Lost 4/29/44 w/Blom |
| 42-37871 | 75-40 Bonham | UNINVITED | 711 | Returned to US, Salvaged at Kingman |
| 42-37872 | 75-43 Duke | 711 | Lost 1/44 w/Huff | |
| 42-37873 | 75-A-8 Norris | 710 | Interned 7/11/44 w/Jacobs | |
| 42-39864 | 75-21 Smith, B | 709 | Accidental explosion at base 4/21/44 | |
| 42-39865 | 75-28 Davis | LADY LORRAINE | 710 | Lost 5/9/44 w/Owens |
| 42-39874 | 75-19 Kreuzer | WICHITA WITCH | 709 | Forced Landing in France 6/22/44, salvaged |
| 42-39882 | 75-51 Palfrey | MY GAL | 711 | Returned to US, Salvaged at Kingman |
| 42-39886 | 75-20 Tigh | 709 | Crash-landed 6/29/44 |
Two planes never reached England, lost
somewhere over the north Atlantic, and never found. Those
were:
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Sixty-two aircraft had been assigned to
the group before its embarkation for the ETO. Yet the four
squadrons, at full readiness, had eighty combat crews. Eighteen of
those crews made the transit to England by ship, and have become known as
the Boat Crews.
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