43-38198 $1.98, Nancy Lee
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FRE 6903
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38198) nicknamed "$1.98" of the 493rd Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Cheyenne 6 July 1944; Kearney 16 July 1944; Dow Field 3 August 1944. Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 4 August 1944. Flown by Pilot Lt Henry A. Johnson. Assigned later to 863BS. Returned to the USA Bradley 7 July 1945. At 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas on 8 July 1945. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, Arizona 19 December 1945. First named "$1.98" by Pilot Johnson, later renamed "Nancy Lee" for his baby daughter.
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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: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16138144 and O-827996
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield