42-3518 Lady Lillian

media-30964.jpeg UPL 30964 B-17G-5-BO #42-3518 "Lady Lillian" Code: Z
388th BG - 561st BS 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 30964 - B-17G-5-BO #42-3518 "Lady Lillian" Code: Z 388th BG - 561st BS

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 9/9/43; transferred RCM 803BS Sculthorpe /44; damaged by PB4Y explosion on APH mission 12-8-44; Salvaged 14/11/44.



Provided navigational assistance on Aphrodite mission to V1 missile site Wizernes, France. 4-8-44.

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Bernard A Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16024137
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Lieutenant Bob Tunnel and Lieutenant Daniel McCarthy of the 25th Bomb Group stand with a Mosquito at Watton that has received flak damage to one of its engines. Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo.' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption

David A McCarthy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Observer
John McLaughlin

John W McLaughlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1283461
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William C McVey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38292327
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Thomas E Morton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15042291
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO, USA 15 July 1943

Other

Aphrodite mission

Wizernes, France 4 August 1944 Provided navigational assistance on Aphrodite mission to V1 missile site Wizernes, France. 4-8-44. Pilot Lt Bruce M Muirhead.

Other

Colateral damage [Aphrodite]

Blythburgh, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK 12 August 1944 Damaged by PB4Y [42-110007] explosion on Aphrodite mission.

Crashed

Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK 8 November 1944 Crashed Belly Landing RAF Fersfield/Sta 140, Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Thomas H Barton, 8-11-44.

Other

Salvaged

Knettishall, Diss, Suffolk IP22, UK 14 November 1944 Salvaged

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 98

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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