42-3074 Good Time Cholly | Kathleen | Loma Lee
Object Number - UPL 55850 - B-17F-25-DL 42-3074 GOOD TIME CHOLLY with legend on print.
Delivered Long Beach 20/1/43; Denver 7/2/43; with John Wedding damaged at Smoky Hill 6/4/43, repaired; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-U] Dow Fd 15/4/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-B] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-Y/T] Thurleigh 23/8/43; Cheddington 29/2/44; ret US Homestead 26/6/44; Tinker 26/6/44; transferred Clarke, Phillipines FEA 15/6/45; sal 15/1/48. GOODTIME CHOLLY aka KATHLEEN aka LOMA LEE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: O-665266
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- 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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60144
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
![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/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
Revisions
Added alternate serial number for Kathleen.
Added remarks and references to each of three nicknames in the MARKINGS area. See Discussions at FKYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, FEB., 2022.
P. Marchese, Feb 22, 2022
Markings described using associated image.
P. MARCHESE FEB 21, 2022
Removed image of Boeing B-17F at UPL2833 which had been misassociated with Douglas F-25-DL 42-3074. THE Boeing data stencil and underside drmarcation are unmistakable in the image of Loma Lee.
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 has many supporting examples yhat belie the Douglas association.
P. MARCHESE
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-25-dl-42-3074-42…
Added an association to the 331BS, 94BG, 367BS & 306BG listed in the A/C #42-3074 description section.
Added punctuation to the A/C "Description section" to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nicknames listed in the A/C “Description” section.
