42-31662 Fancy Nancy IV

Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'

Object Number - FRE 2214 - Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her...

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Kearney 7/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 134m crash landed Polebrook 22/4/44, Salvaged 1 SAD Troston. FANCY NANCY IV.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lewis L Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Glenn R Amundson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Don L Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Navigator

Leroy Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Lowell J Ankrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier

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Revisions

Date17 May 2022 12:57:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Roger Freeman Photo.

Date20 Sep 2021 19:49:14
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31662

Date19 Sep 2021 19:41:38
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31662

Date19 Sep 2021 19:30:35
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31662

Date18 Sep 2021 14:16:28
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31662

Date18 Sep 2021 13:34:34
Contributoracbernstein1
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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5780/edit

Date20 Feb 2015 15:49:34
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Roger Freeman Photo.

Date20 Feb 2015 15:47:06
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

Roger Freeman Photo.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:40
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-31662: Gallery (38 items)

The nose art of a 401st Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV". Printed caption on reverse: 'A-65641 AC0 The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Fancy Nancy IV" of the 401st Bomb Group at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 April 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

Object number: FRE 1716 - The nose art of a 401st Bomb Group B-17 Flying...

Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'

Object number: FRE 2214 - Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand...

An airman of the 401st Bomb Group wearing an A-2 flying jacket painted with the nose art and markings of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV".

Object number: FRE 8086 - An airman of the 401st Bomb Group wearing an A-2...

Object number: UPL 13218 - Boeing B-17 42-31662 SC-B 'Fancy Nancy IV' and...

Object number: UPL 52613 - AC # 42-31662 'Fancy Nancy IV' 612th BS, 401st BG