44-6505 Chin-up Girl

Object Number - UPL 36437 - B-17G-55-DL #44-6505 Code: LN-V 100th BG - 350th BS

Delivered Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 13/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. CHIN-UP GIRL aka BIT O’ HEAVEN aka HARD LUCK.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Eugene Marsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Lincoln, NE 25 August 1944

Assigned

Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, UK 13 September 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story
Roger Freeman
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=aircraft&id=10031…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 36437 - B-17G-55-DL #44-6505 Code: LN-V 100th BG - 350th...