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B-17 Flying Fortress
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37882) of the 95th Bomb Group landing at Colorado in October 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-15-DL Denver, Colorada, October 1943.'
Flying Fortress B-17G 42-37882 'A-Good-Bett' 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
B-17 42-37882 'Hard Time' 'A-Good-Bett' 'Blues in the Reich'
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-T] Horham 18/11/43; force landed Ghent, Bel. with H.C. Coffman 15/10/44; force landed A-70 Laon-Couvron, France with R.E. Chrystal (9 Returned to Duty) force landed B-53 Merville, Belg. 19/3/45 with E. Grant (9 Returned to Duty), then crash landed Troston AD, Sfk with Jim Phillpott later; (9 Returned to Duty). 98m, sal 16/4/45. A GOOD BET aka HARD TIME aka BLUES IN THE REICH.
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...
Squadron
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat mission. Loren Seger crew. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, Unit Citation, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Avesnes in B-17 'Government Property' #4297232
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Instructor/Evaluator/SquadronCC | 95th Bomb Group
Completed 30 missions between May 7, 1944 and September 3, 1944
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 25 x combat missions. Loren Seger crew. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Loren Seger crew. ETD
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Loren Seger crew. ETD
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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....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Ghent, Belgium | 15 October 1944 |
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Force landed Ghent, Belgium. 15/10/44. Pilot Lt H C Coffman. |
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| Crashed | Rue de Couvron, 02000 Chéry-lès-Pouilly, France | 1945 |
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Force landed A-70 Laon-Couvron, France. Pilot Lt R E Chrystal. (9 x RTD). |
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| Crashed | Merville, France | 19 March 1945 |
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Force landed B-53 Merville, Belgium. 19/3/45. Pilot Lt E Grant. (9 x RTD). |
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| Crashed | Troston, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 15 April 1945 |
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Crash landed Troston AD, Suffolk. Pilot Jim M Philpott. (9 x RTD). |
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| Salvaged | Troston, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 16 April 1945 |
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Salvaged. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 December 2015 17:35:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:46 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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