B-17 Flying Fortress
Flying Fortress B-17G 42-107154 'Puddles' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Flying Fortress B-17G 42-107154 'Puddles' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF amd crew.
Close up of nose art of Flying Fortress B-17G 42-107154 'Puddles' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF
The crew of Puddles, a B-17 G bomber that flew missions out of Horham AFB in 1944. My father, Lt. Irving O. Schafer, then age 21, was the navigator. It's last mission was flown over Hamburg on 12-31-44 - the city where my father's grandfather had been born.
Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 10/4/44; 412BS [QW-F]; with G.L.Ferguson force landed RAF Woodbridge 16/8/44; with M.R. Scott force landed Framlingham AFB 24/12/44; 109m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45. PUDDLES.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Curtis Mozley crew. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x combat missions. Injured on Frankfurt mission. Flew with 'Mozley's Mob' 9-Mar-45 on Mission to Frankfurt, Germany in Aircraft 44-8640 'Section 8' Wounded in Action (WIA)
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (6 x Battle Stars).
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Morgan, D. * Crew
Military | Major | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 pilot with the 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, from April 1944-November 1944. Wounded in action on 7/11/44. Completed 34 combat missions.
Distinguished Flying Cross/Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters/Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shortened his last name to "Medzi" after the war.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. He was an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and command pilot for 28 years.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Curtis Mozley crew. 33 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
My father, Irving O. Schaefer, Jr. was a native of Montrose, Colorado. On his 21st birthday, Oct. 19th, 1944, he arrived at Horham air base in England to begin his service as a navigator on a B-17 bomber. 6'4" tall, he could barely fit behind the...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK | 16 August 1944 |
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Force landed RAF Woodbridge 16/8/44. Pilot Lt G L Ferguson. |
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| Crashed | Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13, UK | 24 December 1944 |
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Force landed Framlingham AFB 4/12/44. Pilot Lt M R Scott. |
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| Returned Stateside | Bradley Field, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA | 24 June 1945 |
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Returned to the USA Bradley Field 24/6/45. Veteran of 109 missions. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 December 2015 22:12:39 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 September 2015 17:01:28 | mdgtmstng | Changes to manufacturer and nicknames |
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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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