41-24560 Little Audrey

media-27436.png UPL 27436 Little Audrey, 41-24560

Family photo

Object Number - UPL 27436 - Little Audrey, 41-24560

Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] New Castle 4/10/42; Thurleigh 26/10/42; transferred 369BS [WW- ]; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. LITTLE AUDREY.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Air base

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798297
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35420401
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36408642
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner / Togglier / Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127755
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660331
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Aerial photograph of Burtonwood airfield, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/622. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

New Castle, DE 19720, USA 4 October 1942 - 26 October 1942 306th Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

Thurleigh, Bedford, England, UK 26 October 1942 - 5 September 1943 Delivered to Thurleigh.  306th Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK 5 September 1943 - 15 March 1944 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

Burtonwood, England, UK 15 March 1944 - 14 May 1944  1st Base Air Depot.

Other

Returned ZI

360 Coral Sea Blvd, Homestead Afb, FL 33039, USA 14 May 1944 - 23 November 1944 Returned to the USA 

Transferred

Arledge Field, Avoca, TX 79503, USA 23 November 1944 - 23 November 1944 Sold for scrap at Reclamation Finance Center

Revisions

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ContributorThomBear
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Family photo

Date
ContributorThomBear
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306th BG Historical Records

Date
ContributorThomBear
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306 BG Historical Association

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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