43-38933 Dear Mom II/Weary Wolf

media-45352.png UPL 45352 B-17G-100-BO #43-38933 "Dear Mom II" Code: G (Background)
B-17G-105-BO #43-39221 Code: N (foreground)
388th BG 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45352 - B-17G-100-BO #43-38933 "Dear Mom II" Code: G (Background) B-17G-105-BO #43-39221 Code: N (foreground) 388th BG

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 29/10/44; while on navigation exercise 17/5/45 with H.J. Cole, cp V. Ferguson, two navigators and two grounded crew, on as makeshift ttg and r/op (6 Killed in Action); crash landed Lands End, UK 31/5/45; Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45. WEARY WOLF aka DEAR MOM II.

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People

John E Pershina

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Togglier

William E Rustemeyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George Carlton Sevy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39709688
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

George L Stefko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Earl Stevens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-927956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

898

  • Date: 20 March 1945

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Lincoln, NE 14 October 1944

Assigned

Knettishall Airfield, UK 29 October 1944 388BG 561BS

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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