42-3263 Slightly Dangerous

media-19369.jpeg UPL 19369 Flying Fortess B-17F 42- 3263 'Slightly Dangerous' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

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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

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 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
Louis Moritz
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32393329
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • 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

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Missions

  • Date: 4 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

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Delivered

15 April 1943

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Crew Casualty

6 September 1943 Tail Gunner St/Sgt Howard S Boes WIA on mission to Stuttgart 6/9/43.

Crashed

16 September 1943 Force landed Bungay AF 16/9/43.

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Returned Stateside

7 July 1944 Returned to the USA Patterson Field 7/7/44.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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