42-30005 Salvage Queen

Object Number - UPL 28286

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Syracuse 22/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; McCook 31/5/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-A] Grafton Underwood 13/6/43; battle damaged Solingen 1/12/43 with ? , crew ? (10 RTD?); overshot runway, crash landed Leiston, Sfk, UK; AFSC Salvaged 9/12/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 1/5/44. SALVAGE QUEEN.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15107381
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671962
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Man wearing Air Force uniform, including leather bomber jacket, standing in front of wooden buildings
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36149570
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 37029730
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665330
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added associations to the 546BS as listed in the A/C description.

 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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