42-30120 Patches
Object Number - UPL 19282 - B-17F 42-30120 'Patches' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF - Pictured after the 6th March 1944 Berlin raid.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Tinker 23/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 15/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Horham 16/6/43; 16/7/43 with Louis Reno force landed RAF Chedburgh; slight mid-air collision with 42-30601 (385BG) but landed at base with Louis Reno 16/9/43; 36m; Salvaged 6/1/45. PATCHES.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685753
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 1141st Quartermaster Company 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33138495
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686181
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 455th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 741st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13007515
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11072609
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Ellen II
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Chedburgh, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP29, UK | 16 July 1943 | Force landed RAF Chedburgh. Pilot Lt Louis Reno. 16-7-43. |
|
Other Mid air Collision |
16 September 1943 | Slight mid-air collision with 42-30601 (385BG) but landed at base. Pilot Lt Louis Reno 16/9/43. | |
|
Other Ditched |
English Channel | 6 January 1945 | Ditched English Channel 49.08N-03.16W, Pilot Lt James A Dunn, 6-1-45 |
Revisions
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