42-38140 ETO Happy : Pregnant Goose : Dollys Daughter

media-19459.jpeg UPL 19459 Flying Fortress B-17G 42-38140 "Dolly’s Daughter" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.

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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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  • Date: 28 December 1944
  • Date: 18 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'
  • Date: 15 October 1944
  • Date: 12 October 1944

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Crashed

9 August 1944 Taxiing accident Horham/Sta 119, Cat 3 damage, Pilot Lt Donald J Severson, 9-8-1944.

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Returned Stateside

26 June 1945 Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45. Sold for scrap.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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