42-97514

42-97514 UPL 77076 UPL 77076 42-97514

Photo from 8th AF historical society facebook group 

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Object Number - UPL 77076 - 42-97514

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cincinnati 12/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/1/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-H] Chelveston (H2X) 20/3/44; 482BG Alconbury 6/7/44; 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

 

From J. Baugher USAAF serial number listings

Accepted by USAAF at Lockheed Field, Burbank, CA Dec43. Continental Airlines, Modification
Center #13, Denver Municipal Airport, CO 7Dec43. Cincinnati, OH 12Jan44. Caribbean Wing, Air Transport
Command, Morrison Field (Station 11), West Palm Beach, FL 26Jan44. 

 

Pathfinder Force [PFF] aircraft.
482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 29Jan44. 422nd Bomb Squadron [JJ*H], 

Transferred to 305th Bomb Group, Chelveston (Station 105), Northamptonshire 20Mar44. 

Transferred to 814th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group, Alconbury (Station 102), Huntingdonshire 6Jul44.
Damaged while parked in collision by B-24J Liberator 42-51311 taxying at Alconbury 12Apr45. 

To 350th Bomb Squadron [LN*P], 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139), Norfolk May45. 

 

Returned to US
1103rd Base Unit (Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command), Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 14Oct45.
To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Walnut Ridge Field, AR for storage and disposal 5Jan46.
War Assets Administration. Sold to Texas Railway Equipment Company, Houston, TX Sep46; scrapped

Connections

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-735155
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group Bombardier

Places

Aircraft

42-51311 Tar Baby
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tar Baby
  • Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

29 January 1944 Assigned 482nd BG

Assigned

20 March 1944 Transfered to 305th BG

Transferred

6 July 1944 transferred back to 482nd BG

Other

Returned to USA

14 October 1945

Transferred

20 May 1945 Transferred to 100th BG

Revisions

Date
ContributorTallPaul19
Changes
Sources

Updated aircraft history from J Baugher website. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html

 

Aircraft events log added, production block added etc. 

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

AAM image
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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