43-38933 Dear Mom II/Weary Wolf
B-17G-105-BO #43-39221 Code: N (foreground)
388th BG 388th Bomb Group collection
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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![B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group drop bombs over their target. Image stamped on reverse: 'US Official Photograph.' [stamp], 'Sacred.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 446 BG led by "Ronnie" unloading demolition + incendiaries on Rheine Marshalling Yards, 9 March 1945.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380571.jpg.webp?itok=36lZj_Ve)
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Lincoln, NE | 14 October 1944 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 29 October 1944 | 388BG 561BS |
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