42-107062 Worry Bird/Miss Bea Haven

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10706) nicknamed "Miss Bea Havin'" of the 388th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Miss Bea Havin 2107062 M, 562 BS.' media-395303.jpg FRE 6468 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10706) nicknamed "Miss Bea Havin'" of the 388th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Miss Bea Havin 2107062 M, 562 BS.' Roger Freeman Collection

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Object Number - FRE 6468 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10706) nicknamed "Miss Bea Havin'" of the 388th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Mark Brown,...

Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. LITTLE JOE JR aka MISS BEA HAVEN.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 17 March 1945
  • Date: 15 March 1945
  • Date: 11 March 1945
  • Date: 10 March 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO, USA 9 February 1944

Assigned

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 29 April 1944 388 BG 562 BS

Other

First 388th BG Combat Mission

14000 Caen, France 23 May 1944

Other

Final 388th BG Combat Mission

86899 Landsberg am Lech, Germany 21 April 1945 Flew 90+ Combat Missions

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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