42-3465 Wee Bonnie II

media-19490.jpeg UPL 19490 Flying Fortress B-17F 42-3465 'Wee Bonnie' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19490 - Flying Fortress B-17F 42-3465 'Wee Bonnie' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Denver 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Horham 30/8/43; force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43; force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43 with James W Conley (7 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Robert J Fogarty, Bombardier: Royal Klein, rop Edward R McCarraher (all wia); 19m, transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43; Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 24/9/45. WEE BONNIE.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741883
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20946205 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Bassingbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 16 October 1943 Force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43.

Crashed

Friston, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17, UK 30 November 1943 Force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43. Pilot Lt James W Conley. (7 x RTD, 3 x WIA).

Other

Transferred

Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK 5 December 1943 Transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43.

Other

Returned Stateside

Keesler Dr, Selma, AL 36701, USA 4 August 1944 Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44. 19 mission veteran. Sold for Scrap.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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