42-30026 Battle wagon
Object Number - UPL 45651 - B-14F-80-BO #42-30026 "Battlewagon" Code: BK-J 384th BG - 546th BS - 8th AF
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/4/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG as BATTLE WAGON but not to UK; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-J] 29/5/43; Returned to the USA 13/7/43; 4100 BU Patterson 31/7/43; 4000 BU Patterson 5/12/43; 326 BU MacDill 15/5/44; 4006 BU Miami 28/6/44; 4000 BU Wright 9/9/44; 4117 BU Robins 12/9/45; Assigned 6AF Caribbean 27/9/45; Recl Comp 7/3/48. (?shot down by fighter over Bengerseil 25/5/43?)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12053073
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16022229
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner; Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 3432418
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flexible Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne B-17 Modification Center
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 1 April 1943 | |
|
Assigned |
Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 29 May 1943 | 384BG 546BS |
Revisions
384thbombgroup.com
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
