42-29526 Bugs

42-29526 Bugs

Object Number - UPL 60040 - B-17 42-29526 'Bugs'

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 11/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 1/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin, Alg 3/2/43; Oudna, Tun 4/8/43; Tortorella, It 11/12/43; 100+m transferred 483BG Tortorella, It 31/3/44; 429BS/2BG Amendola, It 4/44; Salvaged 2/8/45. BUGS.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

2nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

346th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786

483rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29473) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle" of the 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during a mission over Turin. Official caption on image: "26599 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF, 99th BG, 347th BS.' Printed caption on reverse: '26599 AC - A picturesque coastline in the Mediterranean forms a backdrop for a USAAF Flying Fortress on its way to bomb the vital Turin, Italy ball bearing plane on Nov. 8. This plane is one of a large formation whic

99th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne Modification Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming 31 December 1942

Assigned

Navarin Airfield, El Eulma, Algeria 3 February 1943 99 BG 346 BS

Assigned

Tortorella Airfield, Italy 31 March 1944 483 BG

Assigned

Amendola Airfield, Italy 2 BG 429 BS

Revisions

Date27 Nov 2022 15:02:02
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29526-bugs/

Date12 Mar 2019 18:45:36
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_11.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navarin_Airfield
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman, page 120

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:22
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-29526: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 33047 - "1st Lt. H.J. Blum, Minneapolis, MN, poses beside...

42-29526 Bugs

Object number: UPL 60040 - B-17 42-29526 'Bugs'