B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G-95-BO #43-38776 "Passion Wagon/Victory Devils" 95th BG - 334th BS
B-17G-95-BO #43-38776 "Passion Wagon/Victory Devils" 95th BG - 334th BS The crew in the photo is not identified
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 13/10/44; 67m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. PASSION WAGON aka VICTORY DEVILS
flown by the Judy crew on one Chowhound and one Revival Mission
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Judy Crew
Military | Staff Sergeant | On Board - Airborne Voice Interpreter | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into North Sea off Benacre Ness. Killed in Action (KIA)
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Judy Crew
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
WIA on 24 Dec 1944 in B-17G #42-2107154 'Puddles'
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
35 missions. Retired after 32 years of service.
Air Medal w/ 6 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Judy Crew
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Judy crew
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Judy Crew
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
16 November 1944
26 November 1944
29 November 1944
30 November 1944
5 December 1944
24 December 1944
1. Decision.
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29 December 1944
30 December 1944
31 December 1944
2 January 1945
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Lincoln, NE | 20 September 1944 |
| Assigned | Horham Airfield, UK | 13 October 1944 |
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95BG |
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| First 95th BG Combat Mission | Gutersloh, Germany | 26 November 1944 |
| Final 95th BG Combat Mission | Straubing, Germany | 18 April 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 January 2021 20:31:30 | RayWells | Changes to description and person associations |
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added connections |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 August 2020 00:30:20 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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