42-37939 Sugar Blues

media-50894.jpeg UPL 50894 42-37939 OR-? 'Sugar Blues' nose art painted by Tony Starcer. 323 BS, 91st BG
Photo by Joe Harlick Joe Harlick Collection

http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sugar_blues_noseart.html

Object Number - UPL 50894 - 42-37939 OR-? 'Sugar Blues' nose art painted by Tony Starcer. 323 BS, 91st BG Photo by Joe Harlick

Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 15m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Roman Maziarz, Co-pilot: Peter DeloWounded in Action, Navigator: Mortimer Pudnos, Bombardier: Arthur Clay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Depoti, Radio Operator: Joe La Cascia, Ball turret gunner: Walt Meader, Waist gunner: Tony Barbotti, Waist gunner: Urban Jacoboski,Tail gunner: Bob Heller (10 Returned to Duty); hit by enemy aircraft causing severe damage, ditched North Sea, and rescued by Air Sea Rescue after four hours. SUGAR BLUES.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

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

Anthony Joseph Barbotti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13052154
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Arthur D Clay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059867 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Peter Muir Delo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph Thomas Depoti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13128142
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret

Robert W Heller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

North Sea 22 February 1944 Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44. Hit by enemy aircraft causing severe damage, ditched North Sea, and rescued by Air Sea Rescue after four hours. (10 x RTD).

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

Removed misassociated aircraft from this aircraft archieve.

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-37939: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 35300 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb...

Object number: UPL 50894 - 42-37939 OR-? 'Sugar Blues' nose art painted by...

Object number: UPL 51118 - B-17 'Sugar Blues' (42-37939 OR) 323rd BS, 91st BG...