42-39886 Hi Mack

Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39886). Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/6/44.' media-380598.jpg FRE 1778 Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39886). Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/6/44.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1778 - Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39886). Handwritten caption on...

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 22/11/43; transferred 709BS/447BG [IE-J] Rattlesden 23/11/43; on return from Bohlen 29/6/44 with Selmer Skalitzky, Co-pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Frank Scheible, Bombardier: Leo Goleo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gilbert Resendez, Radio Operator: Bill Kneupfer, Ball turret gunner: Roy May, Waist gunner: John Porter, Waist gunner: Alf Morton,Tail gunner: Roy Fewerhelm (10 Returned to Duty); stalled on landing, then on second bounce u/c collapsed, Salvaged 29/6/44. HI MACK.. Deadsticked with minimal damage and no injuries at Horham in March 1944 by Dean Flemming. PR account found on 447bg.com.

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The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Dean S Flemming

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11027889 at enlistment, then O-752054
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Updated by Dana Flemming 9/12/2020.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39886). Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/6/44.'

Object number: FRE 1778 - Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb...