42-3521

media-45401.jpeg UPL 45401 B-17F-75-DL #42-3521
Originally a PFF ship with an Oboe Mk 1 radar assigned
to the 482nd BG - 813th BS - 8th AF
later transferred to the US Navy and used as an aeronautical laboratory

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Object Number - UPL 45401 - B-17F-75-DL #42-3521 Originally a PFF ship with an Oboe Mk 1 radar assigned to the 482nd BG - 813th BS - 8th AF later transferred to the US Navy...

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Lowry 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-L] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 8/9/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC Stansted 12/5/44; Returned to the USA St Paul 12/6/44; transferred USN [34106] Rome, NY 23/3/45, later modified as B-17G and re-designated PB-1 (the first) as all B-17Gs, stripped of all armament and used as flying aeronautical laboratory 28/7/43; Returned to USAFF 2/4/48; eventually assigned US Navy, serial # 34106.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th 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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO 20 March 1943

Assigned

RAF Alconbury 8 September 1943 482BG 813BS Oboe Mk. I radar

Assigned

Thurleigh Airfield, UK 22 February 1944 Transferred to 306BG 367BS

Assigned

Rome, NY 23 March 1945 US Navy #34106

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_11.html

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 45401 - B-17F-75-DL #42-3521 Originally a PFF ship with an...