42-3095 Peggy Ann

Delivered Cheyenne 26-Jan-43; Pueblo 1-Feb-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 10-Jun-43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 2-Jul-43; 14m, (force landed Eye AF 22/2/44), transferred SAD 1-Mar-44; 94BG Rougham 25-Jul-43; 25BG Watton 1-Apr-44; 2 BAD 19-Jun-44; Returned to the USA Tinker 26-Jul-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Field for disposal 23-May-45. PEGGY ANN.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance
A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • 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: 15377778
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804505
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington
Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK 22 February 1944 Force landed Eye AF 22/2/44.

Other

Transferred

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK 1 March 1944 Transferred Strategic Air Depot 1/3/44.

Other

Transferred

Warton, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK 19 June 1944 Transferred to No 2 Base Air Depot 19/6/44.

Other

Returned Stateside

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK 73145, USA 26 July 1944 Returned to the USA Tinker Field 26/7/44. 14 mission veteran. Sold for Scrap.

Revisions

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95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Lee Cunningham 14-Dec-2015. Converte dates in Description to military-style signification.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log