42-31037 Pistol Packin Mama
Object Number - FRE 8088 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group....
Delivered Dallas 8/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 10/10/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Kenneth R Murgatroyd, James E Pennoyer, James K Elderkin, Stanley Lesser, Jerome P Robertson, Howard N Magnuson (6 Prisoner of War); Owen H Jorgensen, John S Spirodek, Donald H Schmidli (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Liebstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7545. PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
- Service Numbers: O-748548
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12053653 / O-689500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19101963 / O-709052
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32791444
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39206694
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
- Date: 7 June 1944
- Date: 4 June 1944
- Official Description: Third mission of the day consists of attacks by 400 Heavy Bombers on 10 targets including Airfields, railway junctions and bridges. No Bombers are lost.
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweat er Out
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX 75235, USA | 8 September 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK | 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Liebstedt, Germany | 20 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Liepzig mission; hit by flak, #2 engine and fuselage aflame, crashed Liebstedt, Germany; all crew baled out, 6 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 7545. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |
Revisions
Error
AAM image
91st BG.
MACR 7545, page 2
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
