42-29888 The Joker
- 42-29888 "The Joker" 532BS, 381BG, 8AF.
Object Number - UPL 32856 - "Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381st Bomb Group En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe." - 42-29888 "The Joker" 532BS,...
Delivered Denver 5/3/43; Gore 6/3/43; Denver 20/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-H] Ridgewell 6/4/43 with Bill Baltrusaitis, Art Sample, Martin Honke, Carl Potter, Arnold Hone, Marvin Pease, Harry Thorpe, Wallace McGaughey, Julio Aqualino, Tom Murphy; 20+m AFSC 11/5/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 22/11/44. THE JOKER.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728810
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736861
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
