42-5729 Buccaneer, Piccadilly Commando

media-50929.jpeg UPL 50929 'Buccaneer' (42-5729 LL-E) formerly known as "The Piccadilly Commando" 401st BS, 91st BG

Photo from Joe Harlick Joe Harlick Collection

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Object Number - UPL 50929 - 'Buccaneer' (42-5729 LL-E) formerly known as "The Piccadilly Commando" 401st BS, 91st BG Photo from Joe Harlick

Delivered Tulsa 16/10/42; Wayne 14/11/42; Rome 9/12/42; Wilmington 1/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-G] Thurleigh PICCADILLY COMMANDO 27/2/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 8/9/43 15+m; Returned to the USA Eglin 15/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. BUCCANEER.

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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
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 16 October 1942 Delivered Tulsa AAF 16-Oct-42.

Assigned

Thurleigh, UK 27 February 1943 Assigned 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF 27-Feb-43.

Assigned

Bassingbourn, UK 8 September 1943 Transferred 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF 8-Sep-43.

Other

Returned ZI

Eglin AAF, FL 15 March 1944 Returned to the USA Eglin AAF 15-Mar-44.

Manufactured

Burbank, CA Built at Vega.

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Roger Freeman Photo.

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https://b17flyingfortress.de

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-5729: Gallery (8 items)

The control tower at Thurleigh air base. A B-17 Flying Fortress (WW-G, serial number 42-5729 later nicknamed "Buccaneer") of the 306th Bomb Group is visible in the background. Image via Mike Bowyer A veteran has written on the reverse: 'From Mike Bowyer 3/72 from collection of wing/Co. 76 sqd. Halifax at Home. RAF station WWII.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'WW:G 25729, GY:X.'

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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Piccadilly Commando" of the the 306th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '306BG.'

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Object number: UPL 50955 - B-17 42-5729 'Piccadilly Commando', 401BS, 91BG.

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