42-102621 Varga Venus

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Hunter 9/4/44; Dow Fd 27/4/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-A] Thorpe Abbotts 1/5/44; transferred 349BG [XR-P]; battle damaged Merseburg with Bob Chamberlin 29/7/44; Salvaged 8/8/44. VARGA VENUS.

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Gilbert Arnold Borba

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 13th Combat Bomb Wing 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39123538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Revisions

Date30 Jan 2020 08:48:39
ContributorEmily
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Restored model type to B-17 Flying Fortress & associated units & nickname mentioned in biography

Date29 Jan 2020 20:39:41
Contributormapwhe
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Info corrected

Date29 Jan 2020 18:28:22
Contributormapwhe
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Personal and official documents

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:11
ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log