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.' media-380537.jpg 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 engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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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Eugene Buder
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 612th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: Front row: M/Sgt Victor Magnuson (C/C), Sgt William Hemmila (Asst). Back row: Cpl Howard McKinney, Scribner Daily (P), Sgt Herbert Westentaf.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13052760 / O-801490
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Meload Joseph
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 612th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 11114921
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061162 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'
  • Date: 18 March 1945
  • Date: 17 March 1945
  • Date: 14 March 1945
  • Official Description:
  • Date: 12 March 1945
  • Date: 11 March 1945

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Roger Freeman Photo.

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Roger Freeman Photo.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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