42-38140 ETO Happy | Pregnant Goose | Dolly’s Daughter
AAM DB Entry Correction.
Object Number - UPL 19459 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-38140 "Dolly’s Daughter" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 335BS/92BG [OE-W], later to 336BG; 1st mission 22/2/44 and last 8/4/45 with Harold Hanson Wounded in Action; 104m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45. ETO HAPPY aka PREGNANT GOOSE aka DOLLY’S DAUGHTER.
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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: 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 412th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12010778
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 6 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 9 August 1944 | Taxiing accident Horham/Sta 119, Cat 3 damage, Pilot Lt Donald J Severson, 9-8-1944. |
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Other Returned Stateside |
Bradley Field, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA | 26 June 1945 | Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45. Sold for scrap. |
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