42-37779 Pistl Packin Mama/Belle's Pistl Pakin Mama

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B) of the 91st Bomb Group prepares for take off. media-408207.jpg FRE 3619 Most likely B-17G serial 42-37779 "Pistol Packin' Mama," returning from a mission. Note inboard engines are shut down, and forward crew hatch (right side of nose) is open. Roger Freeman Collection

"Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn" by Marion Havelaar & Robert Hess.

Object Number - FRE 3619 - Most likely B-17G serial 42-37779 "Pistol Packin' Mama," returning from a mission. Note inboard engines are shut down, and forward crew hatch (right...

Delivered Denver 25/8/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 14/11/43; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; then AFSC 3/5/44; retUS 8STA Homestead 11/6/45; 4136 BU Tinker 14/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 1/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46. PIST’L PACKIN’ MAMA.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

William J Brennan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

George John Cameron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32452238
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Gale Walter Doner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner

Charles Archibald Holman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801950
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles Joseph Justen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35338873
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret

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Missions

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman Photo.

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.91stbombgroup.com/nose_artists/starcer.html

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/pistl.html

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman Photo.

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ContributorChris Brame
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Wartime photos taken at Hobbs AAF

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-37779: Gallery (5 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B) of the 91st Bomb Group prepares for take off.

Object number: FRE 3619 - Most likely B-17G serial 42-37779 "Pistol Packin'...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944. 61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

Object number: FRE 684 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42...

Object number: UPL 34116 - Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 91st Bomb...

Object number: UPL 51040 - "Pist'l Packin' Mama." 324th BS, 91st BG Photo...

Object number: UPL 51361 - Pist'l Packin' Mama (42-37779) Holman Crew, 324th...