42-3263 Slightly Dangerous
Object Number - UPL 19369 - Flying Fortess B-17F 42- 3263 'Slightly Dangerous' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 15/4/43; Dow Fd 26/5/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-V] Horham 15/6/43; 48m, (TG H.S. Boes wia 6/9/43); force landed Bungay AF 16/9/43 SAD 21/6/44; transferred 412BS [QW-V]; Returned to the USA Patterson 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20946205 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699460 (WWII), O-31492 (1948), 2998A (1955 on)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander, Group Air Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34330987
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Denver, CO | 15 April 1943 | |
|
Other Crew Casualty |
Stuttgart, Germany | 6 September 1943 | Tail Gunner St/Sgt Howard S Boes WIA on mission to Stuttgart 6/9/43. |
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Crashed |
Bungay, Suffolk, UK | 16 September 1943 | Force landed Bungay AF 16/9/43. |
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Other Returned Stateside |
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO), Dayton, OH 45433, USA | 7 July 1944 | Returned to the USA Patterson Field 7/7/44. |
Revisions
AAM DB Entry Correction.
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Family information
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
