42-3275 Sack Time (Mary B)
This image of SACK TIME conforms to the AAM synopsis and physical configuration for a B-17F-40-DL such as the instant 42-3275.
For more on block F-40-DL, search the block at FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 at the FACEBOOK account of Flip Marchese.
Phil Marchese April 5, 2021
Delivered Denver 13/4/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 92BG Podington MARY B /43; transferred 94BG Rougham /43; 339BS/96BG [QJ-O] Snetterton /43; Returned to the USA Morrison 2/8/43; Salvaged 18/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. SACK TIME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 17 July 1943
Revisions
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996. pages 34, 35, 294, 303