42-102447 El's Belles

An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.' media-379271.jpg FRE 835 An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 835 - An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse:...

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price, force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E. Galbraith force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45, sal; 106m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. EL'S BELLES.

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Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

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  • Date: 13 January 1945

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  • Date: 10 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

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  • Date: 30 December 1944
B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

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  • Date: 29 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

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Crashed

4 August 1944 Force landed 4/8/44. Pilot Lt L J Price.

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25 December 1944 Force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44. Pilot Lt M S Roy.

Crashed

20 February 1945 Force landed France 20/2/45. Pilot Lt H Rivet.

Crashed

21 March 1945 Force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45. Pilot Lt J E Galbraith.

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Returned Stateside

21 June 1945 Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45

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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/3

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Freeman Collection

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AAM

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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AAM DB Entry.
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/95thbg-aircraft/95th-b-17-s-1942

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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