42-97499

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/43; Salt Lake City 9/12/43; Savannah 20/12/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 10/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 15/4/44 with Tom McConkey, McGowan, Georgoff, Jerolaman, Wade, Valverde, Souders, Prange, Smith, Espey; Missing Air Crew Report 3977.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3977 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database