42-106984 Glittering Gal

media-29086.jpeg UPL 29086 5th Bombardment Wing, 15th Airforce, CO BG Charles Lawrence & his personal "VIP" plane B-17G No. 42-106984 'Glittering Gal' 483rd Bomb Group collection

483rd BG Association archive at the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA

Object Number - UPL 29086 - 5th Bombardment Wing, 15th Airforce, CO BG Charles Lawrence & his personal "VIP" plane B-17G No. 42-106984 'Glittering Gal'

Delivered Denver 17/1/44; MacDill 30/1/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 12/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; 71m 5th BW HQ 8/10/44 as hack for Gen Charles Lawrence; Returned to the USA 902 BU Orlando 4/5/45; 64 BU Andrews 13/6/45; 1377 BU Grenier 5/7/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 17/7/45; Recl Comp 9/4/46. GLITTERING GAL.

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Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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483rd BG Association archive

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The photo from the 483rd BG Association archive is in my possession. Production blocks are available online.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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