42-38013 Nevada Avenger

media-30165.jpeg UPL 30165 B-17G 42-38013 SO*C, "NEVADA AVENGER"

Object Number - UPL 30165 - B-17G 42-38013 SO*C, "NEVADA AVENGER"

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER.



CENTURY BOMBER - This aircraft was credited with 104 combat missions with the 384th.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-828559
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot, Commanding Officer
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are  wearing  flying gear.  There is also some gear lying in front of the men.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32918326
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner / Togglier
eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738045
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-775197
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743797
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator

Places

Missions

  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:
  • Date: 11 September 1944
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'
  • Date: 10 September 1944
  • Date: 9 September 1944
  • Date: 8 September 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added highlighting in Description section.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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