42-3352 Virgin's Delight

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.' media-379260.jpg FRE 824 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 824 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed...

Delivered Denver 15/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-V] Rougham 7/43; Missing in Action Solingen 29/11/43 with Walter Chyle (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Foster, Navigator: Burgess Overbey, Bombardier: Pete Maximowicz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Owens, Radio Operator: Delmar Best, Ball turret gunner: Buford Edwards, Waist gunner: Vince Osadchy, Waist gunner: Bill Ross, Tail gunner: Floyd Frye (9 Killed in Action); hit by flak and enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, SW of Borkum Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1186. VIRGIN'S DELIGHT.

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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

Delmar L Best

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16073426
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Walter Chyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742240
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Buford N Edwards

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18153495
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert G Foster

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736502
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Floyd L Frye

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36703203
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA 15 May 1943 Delivered Denver AAF 15-May-43.

Crashed

SW of Borkum, Germany 29 November 1943 Missing in Action Solingen 29-Nov-43 hit by flak and enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, SW of Borkum Is, Germany. 1 x POW, 9 x KIA MACR 1186.

Manufactured

Evansville, IN, USA Built at Douglas.

Assigned

Rougham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30, UK Assigned 410BS, 94BG, 8AF Rougham Jul-43.

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-3352&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28611642?terms=42-3352

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updated connections

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Updated name

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-3352: Gallery (6 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group in flight with a flak damaged wing during a mission over Gelsenkirchen, 5 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/11/43 A. Gelsenkirchen.'

Object number: FRE 14372 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (identified as Virgin's...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.'

Object number: FRE 824 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352)...

Object number: UPL 30293 - Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-50-DL Flying Fortress s/n...

Object number: UPL 40462 - Sergeant Buford N. Edwards, 94th Bomb Group, 410th...

Object number: UPL 40464 - Sergeant Buford N. Edwards, 94th Bomb Group, 410th...

Object number: UPL 54812 - 3 B-17F's from 94th BG, 410th BS returning home...