43-38800 Busy Buzzard

media-12947.jpeg UPL 12947 43-38800 SO-K, BUSY BUZZARD, 384th Bomb group, 547th Bomb Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 12947 - 43-38800 SO-K, BUSY BUZZARD, 384th Bomb group, 547th Bomb Squadron

Delivered Hunter 24/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 6/10/44; battle damaged Zeitz 30/11/44 with ? ; abandoned over continent; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45. Missing Air Crew Report 11111. BUSY BUZZARD.

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Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

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  • Date: 9 February 1945

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  • Date: 3 February 1945

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  • Date: 1 February 1945

801

  • Date: 20 January 1945

798

  • Date: 17 January 1945

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 November 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11111 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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