43-38259 Badger Beauty
Object Number - UPL 65201 - B-17 43-38259 'Badger Beauty'
Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Kearney 21/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44.
Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-S] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44.
Battle damaged Munster 5/10/44 with Severance force landed continent; 9 RTD Salvaged 2/12/44. Missing Air Crew Report ?. BADGER BEAUTY.
**** "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey show force landing on 5 Oct 44 with no casualties. Dalen I. SEVERANCE as pilot *****
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 549th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39699494
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 549th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 17181281
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 549th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36590068
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14065279 / O-811629
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 549th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 36224068 / O-704125
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
ContributorRayWells
Changes
Sources
Updated incorrect pilot and casualty information with info from Jim Lee, son of the co-pilot Webb Pruitt Lee.
