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''Nine-O-Nine'' was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it. == Service history == The original aircraft, a block 30 B-17G manufactured by Boeing, was nicknamed after the last three digits of her serial number: 42-31909. ''Nine-0-Nine'' was added to the USAAF inventory on December 15, 1943, and flown overseas on February 5, 1944. After depot modifications, she was delivered to the 91st BG at RAF Bassingbourn, England, on February 24, 1944, as a replacement aircraft, one of the last B-17s received in factory-applied camouflage paint.〔Havelaar, Marion H. (1995) ''The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn: The 91st Bombardment Group in World War II''. Schiffer Military History. ISBN 0-88740-810-9 p.185〕 A former navigator of the 91st BG, Marion Havelaar, reported in his history of the group that ''Nine-O-Nine'' completed either 126 or 132 consecutive missions without aborting for mechanical reasons, also believed to be a record.〔Havelaar, pp. 190 and 130, respectively〕 M/Sgt. Rollin L. Davis, maintenance line chief of the bomber, received the Bronze Star for his role in achieving the record. Her first bombing raid was on Augsburg, Germany, on February 25, 1944. She made 18 bombing raids on Berlin. In all she flew 1,129 hours and dropped 562,000 pounds of bombs. She had 21 engine changes, four wing panel changes, 15 main gas tank changes, and 18 changes of Tokyo tanks (long-range fuel tanks). After the hostilities ceased in Europe, ''Nine-O-Nine'' was returned to the United States on June 8, 1945, and was consigned to the RFC facility at Kingman, Arizona on December 7, 1945, and eventually scrapped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nine-O-Nine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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