Traps
Aircraft Serial #: 42-102977
Names: Traps
Squadron: 349th | Squadron Marking: XR | Tail Marking: L
Pilot: N/A N/A
Notes
Traps
Crew Information
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History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 25, 1944 | Accepted into inventory |
| April 25, 1944 | Cheyenne |
| April 7, 1944 | Keaney |
| July 29, 1944 | Dow |
| May 22, 1944 | Assigned to UK |
| July 17, 1944 | RFO - crash landed - Friston |
| July 17, 1944 | TOA - Leiston - Capt Joseph Trapnell, Jr. |
| July 19, 1944 | Salvaged |
| July 19, 1944 | Salvaged |
Comments
Additional Photos
CORME ECLUSE, AF 19 Jun 44
100th Strike photo taken from TRAPS,. courtesy of Capt Tong
Co-pilot, 603rd Squadron
398th Bomb Group. Flew plan over from States
May 13, 1944 Saturday
Left Sioux City around 8 p.m. by troop sleeper.
May 14, 1944 Sunday
Arrived in Kearney, Nebraska.
May 15 & 16, 1944 Monday & Tuesday
Processing.
May 17, 1944 Wednesday
Calibration mission.
[Pilot Log entry]
Mission: Local at Kearney, Nebr.
Aircraft: B-17G #42-102977
Time: 3 hours
May 19, 1944 Friday
Scheduled to leave at 0130, but flight was scrubbed due to bad thunderstorms enroute.
May 20, 1944 Saturday
Took off about 0115. Thunderstorms persisted along route; altered course to South to miss storm centers, but still got extreme turbulence. Flew about 1_ hours in the soup with extreme turbulence. Got back on course & broke out about daylight. Flight over New York & New England was beautiful George did the flying, & a lovely time was had by all after daylight. Arrived at Bangor, Maine about noon, processed, & slept.
[Pilot Log entry]
Mission: Kearney, Nebr. to Bangor, Me.
Aircraft: B-17G #42-102977
Time: 10 hours
May 21, 1944 Sunday
Took off from Bangor about 11 a.m. local time. Very nice, uneventful 5 hour hop to Gander Field, Newfoundland.
[Pilot Log entry]
Mission: Bangor, Me. to Gander Field, Newfoundland
Aircraft: B-17G #42-102977
Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
May 22, 1944 Monday
Spent all day at Gander while they repaired some navigational equipment. Never expected theyd get it fixed in one day, but they did, & we took off about 8 p.m. local time 11 p.m. GMT. Climbed thru the soup and flew on top at 17,000 for 4 hours.
May 23, 1944 Tuesday
It was rather cold at 17,000 we were glad to get down to 7,000 shortly after daybreak. We still had an undercast & didnt see the ocean more than a half hour all told. Landed at Prestwick, Scotland about 11 a.m. GMT 1 p.m. British War Time. Spent the day there & boarded troop train about 11 p.m.
[Pilot Log entry]
Mission: Gander Field, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland
Aircraft: B-17G #42-102977
Time: 11 hours
Remarks: Trans-Atlantic flight