43-38286 Flying Dutchmen
B-17 G 43-38286 'Flying Dutchmen'
personal negative/image from collection of Paul M. Gustafson, navigator, 34th Bomb Group
Object Number - UPL 55893 - 34th Bomb Group (H) Station 156, Mendlesham, England B-17 G 43-38286 'Flying Dutchmen'
Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 6/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG [R2-T] Mendlesham 16/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. FLYING DUTCHMAN.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-780560
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner (tail)
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 5 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
Revisions
Personal conversation ,and subsequent obituary of Lloyd Elliott. He was also a gunner on the Flying Dutchman.
https://buchananfuneralservice.com/obituary/lloyd-lee-elliott/
My father, Paul M. Gustafson, served as navigator on this a/c from February 1945 through the end of the war. His crew returned this a/c to the States in June 1945. The a/c was named ‘Flying Dutchmen’ not ‘Dutchman’
