42-102457 Filthy Hag aka Gloria
![A B-17G Flying Fortress (GL-R, serial number 42-102457) of the 410th Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, is inside a hangar at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Official caption on image: "900 (44) WPU. 4-27-44. Rougham. B17-G. 42-102457. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '94th Bomb Group, [damaged, 4th?] Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-408453.jpg.webp?itok=Q9g0kKSF)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3829 - A B-17G Flying Fortress (GL-R, serial number 42-102457) of the 410th Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, is inside a hangar at Bury St....
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Field 4 March 1944; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 6 April 1944. Nicknamed "FILTHY HAG". Was hit by Flak at an altitude of 23,000 feet on the 22 April 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. It caught fire, 2 engines on the same side were knocked out and the communications system destroyed. David Blodgett, Right Waist Gunner Frank G. Scorsune and Radio Operator Carl J. Eckhart bailed out of the burning plane. The aircraft was flown back to England by the pilot, Lt Frank A. Bartos and the three men were made prisoner.Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4162.
Missing in Action Munich 12 July 1944 with Pilot Wendell O. Scott; Co-pilot: Edwin T. Weyer; Navigator: Tazwell B. Wingfield; Bombardier: Albert G. Harney Jr; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Morris E. Holt; Radio Operator: James L. Flanagan; Ball turret gunner: James W. Lewis; Left Waist gunner: Byron K. Long; Right Waist gunner: Russell L. Lindenbaum; Tail gunner: Michael L. Rodman (10 Interned in Switzerland) - Mechanical fault KO’d engines #2 and #3; aircraft force landed Dubendorf, Switzerland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 7510. Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 7 October 1945; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14 January 1946. Had been renamed "GLORIA".
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 848th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17070435
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32630492
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
12 July 1944 | Force-landed in Dübendorf, Switzerland | |
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) and Interned (INT) |
12 July 1944 | Aircraft stayed in Switzerland till after the end of hostilities and was brought back to the US. |
![A B-17G Flying Fortress (GL-R, serial number 42-102457) of the 410th Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, is inside a hangar at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Official caption on image: "900 (44) WPU. 4-27-44. Rougham. B17-G. 42-102457. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '94th Bomb Group, [damaged, 4th?] Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408453.jpg.webp?itok=xnorUuN-)
