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B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994 nicknamed SNORT STUFF) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. SNORT STUFF flown to Sweden on March 6, 1944 mission to BERLIN. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 6/3/44 (SNORT STUFF-LT SAMUEL BARRICK CREW)
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A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (LL-A, serial number 42-102509) before a mission. Another B-17 Flying Fortress (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) is in the background. Printed caption on reverse: 'Series Of Pictures Taken At An 8th A.A.F. Base In England. "Heavies" of the U.S. 8th A.A.F. with their crews going out and returning from the invasion areas. Night and day, these men are blasting the path for the Allied Armies of Liberation into Europe. Photo Shows: "Victory V" before leaving in their heavy, for "Over There". Fox Photos: 9th June 1944.' Passed for publication 9 Jun 1944. On reverse: SHAEF Field Press Censor [Stamp]. Handwritten on reverse: 'LL-A. LL-F in background.' Print No: 326262.
Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 2/2/44; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 11/3/44; Missing in Action Peenemunde 18/7/44 with Don Bare, Co-pilot: John Johnson, Navigator: Dick Hess, Bombardier: Anthony Homyk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Nickerson, Radio Operator: Lou Elgert, Ball turret gunner: Orland Neely, Waist gunner: Ray Jones, Tail gunner: Gerald Nygard (9 INT); mech fault KO’d #3, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 7418. (Left Sweden 1/6/45).
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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
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People
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden o n 7/18/44 in B-17 #42-97467, Interned (INT).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure on 7/18/44 and landed in Sweden in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #42-97467, INT.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #4297467
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
INT Had mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 #42-97467.
Places
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Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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Military site : airfield
Glatton, which lay mostly in the parish of Conington, was built by the 809th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the U.S. Army in the last months of 1942. Unusually, the base's three runways surrounded Rose Court Farm, which remained a working farm...
Events
Event |
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
18 July 1944 |