43-38453
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 14/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Podington 27/9/44; Green Project 28/5/45, ret 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. SOLDIERS VOTE.
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42-32066
B-17 Flying Fortress
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Flying Fortress B-17G 42-32066 'Silver Slipper' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Flying Fortress B-17G 42-32066 'Silver Slipper' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 11/2/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-D] Horham 3/3/44; transferred 335BS (OE-D); 67m, with R.E. Squyres sustained battle damaged Stuttgart 16/12/44, ran into mud off end of runway on return, then hit by 43-38453 which had overshot runway, Salvaged 17/12/44. SILVER (SLIVER) SLIPPER.
Service
Aircraft
Units
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95th Bomb Group
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... -
412th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Mark Gilles
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Instructor/Evaluator/SquadronCC | 95th Bomb Group
Completed 30 missions between May 7, 1944 and September 3, 1944 ... -
David McKnight
Military | Colonel | Squadron Commander, Group Air Operations Officer | 95th Bomb Group
David Thomas McKnight’s career as a patriot began at age 18 when he enlisted in the National Guard – 101st Cavalry Regiment (NY). ... -
Robert Shaffer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Roy Squyres
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Missions
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752
16 December 1944
Places
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Horham
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.... -
Presque Isle Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 16 December 1944 |
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Sustained battle damage Stuttgart 16/12/44, ran into mud off end of runway on return, then hit by 43-38453 which had overshot runway. |
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| Salvaged | Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 17 December 1944 |
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Salvaged 17/12/44. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 May 2022 13:12:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 April 2019 22:56:30 | phil marchese | Changes to markings |
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AAM Aircraft search for 42-32045 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 December 2015 18:53:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, aircraft associations, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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