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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17, WW2, Million Dollar Baby, 8thAF/379thBG
"A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Million Dollar Baby" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 12 April 1945." Rear L-R:: William F Manning-Nav, Unknown Ground Crewman, Ground Crew Chief Sgt. John B Sterling, Paul Glass-TTG, David L Miksche-Pilot, Russ Werchowec-R.O., Charles Williams-C.P Front L to R: Eugene Merritt-Tog, Unknown ground crewman, Unknown ground crewman, Unknown ground crewman, Henry J Hunt-TG, William J Thomson Jr-BTG.
"Maintenance crew of the 379th Bomb Group changing an engine on the Boeing B-17 'Million Dollar Baby' at an 8th Air Force base In England. 19 April 1945."
Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 15/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
Military | Major | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | B17 Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
My grandfather told tale of being a young man, a slurried night out with his buddies and the pact among them- to go enlist and end WWII! With crazy notions of all being together forever, he was the only one that held his word. But that is the kind of...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. ETD.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Flight Officer | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Togglier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 20 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Military | Master Sergeant | Crew Chief | 379th Bomb Group
Working 25 straight hours on occasion to ensure aircraft is mission ready. He would not declare an aircraft combat fit unless certain it was in perfect flying condition and passed the pre-flight check without a glitch. Not comfortable with the position...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Not yet known
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 July 2015 05:16:32 | Figmnt | Changes to nicknames and media associations |
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http://www.armyairforces.com/379th-BG-Plane-List-m103481-p2.aspx |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 July 2015 05:14:48 | Figmnt | Changes to media associations |
| Sources | ||
http://www.armyairforces.com/379th-BG-Plane-List-m103481-p2.aspx |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 July 2015 05:05:50 | Figmnt | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
http://www.armyairforces.com/379th-BG-Plane-List-m103481-p2.aspx |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 July 2015 21:59:44 | Figmnt | Changes to nicknames |
| Sources | ||
https://sites.google.com/site/379thbgnoseart/home/aircraft-list-1 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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