42-97105 Paper Doll
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1513 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97105) of the 388th Bomb Group.
Delivered Selfridge Fld 3/2/44; Dorval 4/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB-768]; transferred 561BS/388BG Knettishall 13/3/44; Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with Lew Hickman, Arnold Wolf, Cawthorn Perdue, Albt Vawter, Herman Meyer (5 Prisoner of War); John Hughes, Elwood Eisenhawer, Jim Martin, Bob Wetzel (4 Killed in Action); rammed by Bf109; crashed Luneburg, Ger. (SOC 21/6/47?)
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Selfridge, Harrison Charter Township, MI 48045, USA | 3 February 1944 | Selfridge AAF |
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Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 13 March 1944 | 388 BG 561 BS |
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Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
11560 Fleury, France | 6 July 1944 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Lüneburg, Germany | 7 April 1945 | rammed by Bf 109 84 combat missions |
Revisions
http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-97105&da…
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 94
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13724 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database