42-3048 Big Bust
Object Number - UPL 55894 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Big Bust' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 9 February 1944."
Delivered: Cheyenne 18/1/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Morrison 5/3/43; Chelveston 26/4/43; Transferred: 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 22/8/43; tran 305BG Polebrook 22/8/43; then 524BS/379BG Kimbolton 26/8/43; `24m` Returned to US: Tinker 6/6/44; Patterson 15/2/45; Scrapped: Altus 4/9/45.
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19127107
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
!["Staff Sergeant Jayson C. Smart of the 305th Bomb Group with a cut brow, caused by a splinter during a mission over the Rhur, 12 August 1943.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 26 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280695.' [censor no]
Printed caption attached to the reverse: Warrior's Return Keystone photo shows: On a recent raid over the Ruhr Valley, S/Sgt. Jayson C. Smart, waist gunner on the Fortress "Big Bust", was wounded by enemy fire. This picture was taken i](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/media/media-41044.jpeg.webp?itok=pgwWYMVj)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32143099
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 7 January 1944
Revisions
A previous user had entered the details for 42-3078. Corrrected using https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-3048-big-bust/.
Lee Cunningham 11-Feb-2015. Added nickname, Block number, markings, and replaced erroneous description with correct one per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A, Freeman with David Osborne; Added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition, added FTR event per MACR 1873, formatted crew display; Target and loss information based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE,; Made connections to BG and BS assignments, Place and Mission within existing website data.