42-102495 Short Straw | Piccadilly Special
Object Number - UPL 60175 - 42-102495 - Piccadilly Special
Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-R] Podington 23/4/44;; transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 24/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 2/1/46. SHORT STRAW. PICCADILLY SPECIAL
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Units served with
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379200.jpg.webp?itok=MbsLLiLg)
- 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: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816578
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
- Date: 12 June 1944
- Date: 11 June 1944
- Date: 7 June 1944
- Date: 6 June 1944
- Official Description: Eighth reaches its top strength as 493d Bomb Group (H) becomes operational, making a total of 40 Heavy Bomber Groups now operational. Heavy Bombers fly 4 missions in spite of the invasion of Normandy. The third mission is dispatched against the...
Revisions
325th BS Load Lists, June 1944, www.92ndbg.org
325th BS Load Lists, May 1944. www.92ndbg.org
Added production block. Corrected error in aircraft call letter. Added Piccadilly Special name. As per Dave Osbourne's Master log.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
