42-3120 Gremlin's Delight

Object Number - UPL 55969 - B-17F-DL GREMLIN'S DELIGHT 42-3120, 351st BG

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-O] Presque Is 8/4/43; Polebrook 6/5/43; 24m transferred 2 BAD 8/6/44; Returned to the USA Cincinnati 18/6/44; 613 BU Phillips Fd, 28/9/44. GREMLIN'S DELIGHT.

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People

Crawford Elmer Hicks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802855
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth P Jockel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32808934
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: armorer Gunner 612

Edward C Piech

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735206 (12054183 at time of enlistment)
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Ralph G Robeson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11087650
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Revisions

Date17 Feb 2020 15:37:14
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a connection to "Crawford Hicks". The connection is mentioned by Crawford in his book "Prisoner of War".

Date6 Jul 2018 23:15:34
ContributorPaperDoll
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

Date6 Jul 2018 23:14:23
ContributorPaperDoll
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Combat America 1945

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:37
ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-3120: Gallery (3 items)

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3120) nicknamed "Gremlin's Delight" of the 351st Bomb Group. Film still from 'Combat America' (1943). Written on slide casing: 'Gremlin's Delight, 351 BG Summer 1943.'

Object number: FRE 6008 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

Object number: UPL 55969 - B-17F-DL GREMLIN'S DELIGHT 42-3120, 351st BG