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May 8 mission in 'Reluctant Dragon' AC# 42-38133 returned from operation after being shot up by fighters. Pilot J. Musser returned with 2 others. Crew 1 Killed in Action (KIA), 6 Prisoner of War (POW)s

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-O, serial number 42-38133) of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "482. (44.) W.P.U. 3-2-44. Bolt Head. B-17G 42-38133. A. F.S.A.D." Handwritten caption on reverse: '96th BG. AW-O.'

42-38133

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Reluctant Dragon
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

8 May 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4567; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 & 146