42-97985

Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-97985) of the 94th Bomb Group. media-408468.jpg FRE 3842 Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-97985) of the 94th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3842 - Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-97985) of the 94th Bomb Group.

Delivered Dallas 24/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 28/6/44; mid air coll with 44-8177 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44, with Owen Winter, Co-pilot: Charles Kennedy, Navigator: Dick Lambert, Bombardier: Dave Berz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carmon Singletary, Radio Operator: Phil Goldfarb, Ball turret gunner: John McCarney, Waist gunner: Reuben Olson, Tail gunner: Elmer Paris (9 Killed in Action); tail snapped off and ship crash landed field near base & burnt out. Salvaged.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

David R Berz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Philip Goldfarb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33790145
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charles F Kennedy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Richard H Lambert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John M McCarney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Aircraft

44-8177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Rougham Airfield, Rougham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30 9XA, UK 30 November 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Added connections from information in biography field.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-97985) of the 94th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 3842 - Ground personnel inspect the wrecked tail of a B...