42-31939 Spook Six

media-44431.jpeg UPL 44431 B-17G-35-BO #42-31939 "Spook Six" Code(s): ET-J & QW-J
95th BG - 336th BS & 412th BS

Object Number - UPL 44431 - B-17G-35-BO #42-31939 "Spook Six" Code(s): ET-J & QW-J 95th BG - 336th BS & 412th BS

Delivered Denver 6/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Romulus 23/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Horham 2/2/44; transferred 412BS [QW-J]; 98m, with S.D. Reed, force landed RAF Coltishakk, 8RTD, 1WIA; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 21/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749187
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Air Force officer pinning award or ribbon on uniform of SSG Beeks
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20441207
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 7 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'
  • Date: 31 December 1944
  • Date: 5 December 1944
  • Date: 29 November 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO 6 January 1944

Assigned

Horham Airfield, UK 2 February 1944 95BG 336BS & 412BS

Other

First Combat Mission

No Ball Target, Calais, France 13 February 1944

Other

Last Combat Mission

Oranienburg, Germany 20 April 1945 98 Combat Missions

Revisions

Date15 Jul 2020 00:23:03
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Date15 Jul 2020 00:22:14
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Date14 Jul 2020 22:19:13
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ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, events, unit associations and person associations
Date17 Dec 2019 18:28:44
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Sources

connection

Date17 Dec 2019 18:28:16
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connection

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:41
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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