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42-31365

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Object Number - UPL 27818 - #42-31365 XK-U

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Wilmington 26/11/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 1/1/44; force landed continent 30/11/44 ex-Merseburg; rep, ret 3/2/45; force landed cont 14/2/45 ex-Dresden; rep, ret 27/3/45; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 25/5/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 4/6/45; Columbus 9/6/45; Tulsa 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 18/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

365th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William B Hennigan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 0800884
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

William Hinson

William Harlan Hinson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 14119779
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Togglier

Charles B Lozenski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33 350 953
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Airplane Armorer / Gunner

Patrick Charles McHugh

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18171154
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Gunner Left Waist & Tail

Alfred H Purdy

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group

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Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

8th Air Force 183

Date: 14 January 1944

Revisions

Date8 May 2017 23:50:16

Contributorcharlieb

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INTERNET

Date8 May 2017 23:48:47

Contributorcharlieb

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MISSION LIST

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:38

ContributorAAM

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-31365: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 27818 - #42-31365 XK-U

Object number: UPL 27819 - CRASH DAMAGE