42-39777 Stumble Butt

Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39777) nicknamed "Stumble Butt", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group. media-378766.jpg FRE 590 Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39777) nicknamed "Stumble Butt", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 590 - Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39777) nicknamed "Stumble Butt", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group.

Delivered Long Beach 28/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 802 Recon Group (P), 7/10/43; re-assigned 625BS/25BG(R) Watton, as a weather ship from 1 SAD Lt Staughton, Sfk. sal after overshut runway at Watton, with ? no crew named; Salvaged 3SAD 17/9/44. STUMBLE BUTT.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

Harold M Aronson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

North Pickenham, UK 16 May 1944 Taxying accident North Pickenham/Sta 143, pilot Harold M Aronson, Cat 4 damage.

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https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-39777-stumble-butt/
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1944O.htm

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39777) nicknamed "Stumble Butt", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 590 - Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number...