44-6579 Martha

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-J] Polebrook 11/10/44; 508BS [YB-X]; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 30/5/45; `56m` Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. MARTHA.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Aircraft Mechanic, Instructor Pilot for B-24, B-17, B-25, Pilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Aircraft Maintenance
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2051338
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator and Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16118100 / O-779817
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 511th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11122202
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top turret gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16167183 / O-2064916
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Revisions

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ContributorDouglas P
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log