42-107125 Doasy Doats

media-44859.jpeg UPL 44859 B-17 42-107125 'Doasy Doats' 545BS, 384BG with partial Bob Koch crew.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 44859 - B-17 42-107125 'Doasy Doats' 545BS, 384BG with partial Bob Koch crew.

Delivered Tulsa 1/3/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; 600BS [N8-G]; no ops, transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-G] Grafton Underwood 7/12/44; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

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The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can
  • Date: 19 December 1944
  • Date: 11 December 1944
  • Date: 4 December 1944
  • Date: 2 December 1944
  • Date: 25 November 1944

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[email protected] - grandson of Richard Glen Wismer

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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