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.
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Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
![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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg?itok=k6Yf8wFz)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield

- Site type: Airfield
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
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ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, events, unit associations and place associations
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