42-30342 T'aint A Bird II
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Object Number - UPL 19300 - B-17F 42-30342 "T'aint A Bird II" 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Wright 30/6/43; Smoky Hill 20/7/43; Kearney 22/7/43; Dow Fd 25/7/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 28/7/43; 54m, transferred APH with Azon for Aphrodite missions, Knettishall; Aphrodite remote controllled drone attack on Watten with Lt F Pool & S/Sgt P Enterline 4/8/44. TAINT A BIRD II.
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- Date: 4 October 1943
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- Date: 27 September 1943
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379260.jpg?itok=7U84KPWK)
- Date: 26 September 1943
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20170131175141-019cc11b-me.jpg?itok=bHa0Kp71)
- Date: 23 September 1943
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- Date: 16 September 1943
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
19 May 1943 | Delivered to USAAF, Cheyenne Field 19/5/43. | |
Crashed |
4 August 1944 | Aphrodite remote controllled drone attack on Watten 4-8-44. Controlled from B-24J 44-40283. B-17 'Taint A Bird' impacted at Gravelines, probably due to flak damage. | |
Other Retasked Aphrodite/Azon Drone |
Retasked as an Aphrodite/Azon remote controlled drone flying bomb packed with 30,000 lb of Torpex explosives. | ||
Other Transferred |
Transferred to #1 Base Air Depot. Fitted out as Aphrodite project drone. | ||
Other Transferred |
Transferred to 388th BG. Aphrodite project drone. |
Revisions
AAM DB Entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons
AAM DB Entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons