42-37810

media-413942.jpg FRE 7858 A B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37810) of the 388th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1715 - Hon - 12-21-43 - B17G - 42-37810.M." Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7858 - A B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37810) of the 388th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1715 - Hon - 12-21-43 - B17G - 42-37810.M."

Delivered Long Beach 5/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; sal 1SAD 18/4/44; (?Ret US, force landed Newfoundland with Dave Schmidt 27/6/44?);

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

561st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Riley F Bissonette

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-675160
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot

John W Parker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Gordon K Penton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Walter Scott Reed

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38296435
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
Role/Job: waist gunner

A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30207) nicknamed "Big Red.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bailey Crew.'

William Lloyd Tobin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-675138
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot/Co-Pilot

Places

Knettishall

Site type: Airfield

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 159

Date: 20 December 1943

A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb Group , Cottishall, December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '798, CH. Crash, Cottishall, 12/43.'

VIII Bomber Command 156

Date: 16 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 154

Date: 13 December 1943

Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in

VIII Bomber Command 151

Date: 11 December 1943

A B-24 Liberator nicknamed "The Oklahoman", piloted by Lieutenant Mason of the 389th Bomb Group bursts into flame during a mission, 5 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/12/43B - 3, 147. 147/RFWD148. 389 BG B-24 struck by flak and destroyed 12/5/43.'

VIII Bomber Command 149

Date: 5 December 1943

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Long Beach, CA, USA	5 September 1943
Assigned	Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK	15 October 1943	388 BG 560 BS
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission	Bremen, Germany	13 November 1943
Other Final 388th BG Combat Mission	Bremen, Germany	20 December 1943	Of the nine combat missions flown with the 388th BG, five were to Bremen.