42-102455 Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle

media-19482.jpeg UPL 19482 Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102455 'Screaming Eagle' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 19482 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102455 'Screaming Eagle' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Gt Falls 6/3/44; Cheyenne 4/4/44; Hunter 18/4/44; Grenier 5/5/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-Z] Horham 8/5/44 LUCKY LADY; with H.E. Hansen force landed B-58 Melsbroek, Bel 6/2/45; with G.T. Purdy force landed A-96 Toul-Ochey, France 4/3/45; 85m, transferred 351BG Polebrook 21/5/45; Salvaged 31/5/45. SCREAMING EAGLE.

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Units served with

People

Glenn T Purdy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arden Lorimer Quesinberry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33653313
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Robert L Shaffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Carl Aloysius Slivinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13025140
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer

Athol Alonzo Strickland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15068204
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

839

  • Date: 21 February 1945

836

  • Date: 20 February 1945

8AF 830

  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

824

  • Date: 9 February 1945

821

  • Date: 6 February 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

6 February 1945 Force landed B-58 Melsbroek, Belgium 6/2/45. Pilot Lt H E Hansen.

Crashed

4 March 1945 Force landed A-96 Toul-Ochey, France 4/3/45. Pilot Lt G T Purdy.

Other

Salvaged

31 May 1945 Salvaged 31/5/45.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/5

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/5

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated the Production block number per info on the internet.

SOURCE:  https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-50-bo-42-102379-…

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/5

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

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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