42-3147 Homesick Angel

media-29841.jpeg UPL 29841 Ground crew staff around B-17 Flying Fortress 23147 (42-3147) "Homesick Angel" on a landing ground in Italy. The "Homesick Angel" crashed in France on 16-Nov-43 with the loss of all barring one crew member who became a POW.

Aircraft is shown in markings of 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Squadron

Object Number - UPL 29841 - Ground crew staff around B-17 Flying Fortress 23147 (42-3147) "Homesick Angel" on a landing ground in Italy. The "Homesick Angel" crashed in France...

Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; with Bill Dobson force landed on edge of runway at Smoky Hill, KS. 7/4/43 and damaged while parked and unmanned by John Wedding on 42-3074; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Ain M'Lila 18/7/43; Massicault 31/7/43; 26m transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Missing in Action Istres, Fr. 16/11/43 with 1Lt Richard A Packard Jr, 2Lt William D Waters, 2Lt Daniel E Dustin, 2Lt Leon E Case Jr, T/Sgt Melvin E Hertel, T/Sgt Leo F Garrity, S/Sgt Earl W Large, S/Sgt Charles D Atkins Jr, S/Sgt James W Elliot (9 Killed in Action); S/Sgt Kenneth O Eslick (Prisoner of War); crashed target area. MACR 1195. HOMESICK ANGEL.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Headshot of man wearing Air Force military uniform and hat.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Istre-Le Tubé Air Base

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Long Beach, CA, USA 27 February 1943 Delivered Long Beach 27-Feb-43.

Crashed

Smoky Hills, Mulberry, KS 67425, USA 7 April 1943 Force landed on edge of runway at Smoky Hill, KS. 7-Apr-43. Pilot Lt William Dobson.

Crashed

Bangor International Airport, 287 Godfrey Blvd, Bangor, ME 04401, USA 10 July 1943 Damaged while parked and unmanned by Lt John Wedding on 42-3074; Dow Field 10-Jul-43.

Assigned

Depienne, Sminja, Tunisia 14 November 1943 Assigned 341BS, 97BG Depienne Tunisia 14-Nov-43.

Crashed

Istres, France 16 November 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Istres, France. Crashed target area. 1 x POW, 9 x KIA 16-Nov-43 MACR 1195.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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