42-3492 | American Air Museum

42-3492 Paper Doll

The nose art of a 482nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Paper Doll". Handwritten caption on reverse: '96.'

media-414499.jpg FRE 8485 Nose art of B-17G 42-3492 "Paper Doll", one of the 12 482BG aircraft fitted with pre-production H2X radar by MIT in a unique fairing behind the chin turret. Roger Freeman Collection

Aircraft serial linked ref. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6563, additional connections added.

Object Number - FRE 8485 - Nose art of B-17G 42-3492 "Paper Doll", one of the 12 482BG aircraft fitted with pre-production H2X radar by MIT in a unique fairing behind the chin...

Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/9/43; transferred 812BS/482BG [MI-H] Alconbury 20/8/43 (H2-X); Returned to the USA Morrison 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. PAPER DOLL.

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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

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3483) of the 482nd Bomb Group takes off.

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Probably B-17 with reworked turrett. 92 BG? or 94, 95, 96, 100, 390, 303, 305, 306, 351, 379, 381.'

812th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Robert Leslie Lecates

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: T-60144
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Alconbury airfield, looking east. The technical site is at the top, the bomb dump is on the left, 9 May 1944. Photograph taken by 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group USAAF, sortie number US/7GR/LOC334. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Alconbury

Site type: Airfield

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

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Date24 May 2022 12:29:43

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

Date21 Apr 2015 20:09:30

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Date9 Mar 2015 11:13:12

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Roger Freeman Photo.

Date15 Feb 2015 00:57:30

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:44

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42-3492: Gallery (2 items)

The nose art of a 482nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Paper Doll". Handwritten caption on reverse: '96.'

Object number: FRE 8485 - Nose art of B-17G 42-3492 "Paper Doll", one of the...

Object number: UPL 15272 - Lt. Heusser, Jr., and crew of the 305th Bomb Group...