42-30235 Lonesome Polecat : The Zoot Suiters
![The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30235) nicknamed "The Zoot Suiters" of the 95th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-387794.jpg)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5855 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30235) nicknamed "The Zoot Suiters" of the 95th Bomb Group.
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 16/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-L/Z] Bassingbourn 6/6/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-U] Horham 16/6/43 LONESOME POLECAT; 16/9/43 with W.C. Lindley force landed Bungay Afd; 48m, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. THE ZOOT SUITERS. (Pix shows STRICTLY ZOOT)
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- Date: 9 September 1943
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg?itok=2XWNIY5H)
- Date: 6 September 1943
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- Date: 31 August 1943
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg?itok=qEFM7VpV)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
16 September 1943 | Force landed Bungay Afd. Pilot Lt W C Lindley. |