42-102411 Miss Lace

media-26508.jpeg UPL 26508 Capt Callahan and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102411 "Miss Lace". 14 October 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 26508 - Capt Callahan and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102411 "Miss Lace". 14 October...

Cheyenne 1/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Grenier 10/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y/P] Molesworth 30/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/3/45. MISS LACE.

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People

John F Hobgood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18076575
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Gene W Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39715360
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Michael Joseph Kacere

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-723887
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John T Kernodle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34508667
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

George Lawrens Lange

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17114735 / O-717228
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

781

  • Date: 5 January 1945

778

  • Date: 3 January 1945

774

  • Date: 1 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

  • Date: 31 December 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/aircraft.pdf

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.303rdbg.com/missions.html

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://www.303rdbg.com/missions.html

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Contributorsam7420
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You can see the Inscription "Miss Lace" on the head of the B-17

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-50-bo-42-102379-…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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ContributorHodenius
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http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/238.pdf

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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