| Serial Number: | 42-29636 |
| Name: | X-VIRGIN |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-65-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*F |
| Ground Crew Chief: | Kishel, Stanley John |
| Start Date: | 30 September 1943. Transferred: Received from the 305th BG.. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 8 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 15 March 1944. Transferred: Sent to 1 BAD, Burtonwood. |
| Related Documents: | B-17F 42-29636 "X-Virgin" (Legacy)⇗ |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-29636 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-29636 Delivered to Cheyenne Modification Center, Colorado on 23 January 1943. Moved to Great Falls (Gore Field), Montana on 31 January 1943 then to Salina, Kansas on 3 February 1943. Transferred to Nashville, Tennessee on 23 February 1943. Assigned to the 364th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code WF*G, 305th Bombardment Group, Station 105, Chelveston, UK on 24 March 1943. Named: VANISHING VIRGIN. Transferred to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK*F, 384th Bombardment Group, Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 30 September 1943. Transferred to the 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD) at Burtonwood, Station 590 on 15 March 1944. Returned to the US on 12 May 1944 and moved to Lockbourne Army Air base, Ohio on 3 August 1944. Transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at Walnut Ridge Army Airfield, Arkansas on 18 December 1945. The aircraft was salvaged. Aircraft Name: X-VIRGIN. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33⇗ | 20 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑5747. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| --⇗ | 30 October 1943 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 34⇗ | 3 November 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 35⇗ | 5 November 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 38⇗ | 29 November 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 54⇗ | 21 January 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France | Completed Mission | 41A Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 24 January 1944 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | B Grp Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 56⇗ | 30 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 57⇗ | 3 February 1944 | Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 58⇗ | 4 February 1944 | Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Landed away on return at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |