42-39888 HotNuts

Object Number - UPL 28369

Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-B] Grafton Underwood 23/11/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 2/5/45; 100+m, retUS Bradley 4/7/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 13/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. HOTNUTS.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Air base

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15125471 / O-767423
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear  posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19115653 / O-758505
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Man in Air Force uniform posed standing outdoors in front of wooden buildings.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37479451
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12121028 / T-? / O-887020
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot / Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in a single row in front of a military airplane.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33192689
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Burtonwood airfield, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/622. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)

Missions

  • Date: 5 January 1945
  • Date: 3 January 1945
  • Date: 2 January 1945
  • Date: 9 December 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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