42-107116 Gypsy Girl
Delivered Tulsa 26/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-B] Snetterton 2/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Tom Booth 21/6/44; Salvaged 1/7/44. GYPSY GIRL.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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Sources
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. pages 158, 161, 293