42-3400 The Gremlin's Sweetheart
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3896 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3400) nicknamed "The Gremlin's Sweetheart" of the The 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group.
Delivered Dallas 7/6/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Horham 3/8/43; 336BS [ET-D]; with R.L. Yuenger force landed Ford ex-Stuttgart 6/9/43;Tail gunner: D.E. Williams [wia 26/11/43; 48m, Salvaged 21/6/45. THE GREMLIN'S SWEETHEART.
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- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
![An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-418517.jpg.webp?itok=KjJP-yi2)
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Ford, West Sussex, UK | 6 September 1943 | Force landed Ford ex-Stuttgart 6/9/43 pilot Lt R L Yuenger. |
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Crashed |
Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 2 August 1944 | Taxiing accident Horham/Sta 119, Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt George J Dancisin, 2-8-43. |