42-29828 Short Stride : Loma Lee : TS

Object Number - UPL 55876 - B-17F-70-BO 42-29828 LOMA LEE 384th BG

Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned Grafton Underwood, 17/4/43, 413BS/96BG, SHORT STRIDE; transferred 14/7/43, Grafton Underwood, 545BS/384BG [JD-Q], LOMA LEE. Returned to the USA 5/6/44; Tinker 26/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741973
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  cold weather flying gear.  There are large canvas bags on the ground in front of the men.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665291
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793805
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945,
2017 and Feb, 2022.

Smith, Poole, Zhou & Marchese

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Selected key image with best view of aircraft

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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