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B-17 Flying Fortress
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5881) nicknamed "House of Lords" of the 94th Bomb Group in flight over mountains. 17 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '25881 'House of Lords' 94 BG. Mission of 17/8/43.'
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5881) of the 94th Bomb Group in flight, 12 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '12/9/44. Photo from '829'. 31,000 ft. pilot: Henry Hummel, Photo Glenn Cown.'
Delivered Long Beach 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Tinker 6/5/43; Lincoln 18/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-GH] Earls Colne 27/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Returned to the USA Grenier 23/12/44; Patterson 16/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/10/45. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Philip Spofford was born in Arlington, MA. and graduated from Arlington High School in 1941. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps one month later completing his basic training at Fort Devens, MA. At a later date he completed Armament School at Lowery...
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Flew 28 missions
DFC, Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters,
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:40:57 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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