42-38201 2nd Patches
99th BG - 346th BS - 15th AF
Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 24486 - B-17G-30-DL #42-38201 "2nd Patches" 99th BG - 346th BS - 15th AF
Delivered Denver 13/1/44; Lakeland 1/2/44; Morrison 9/2/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44, then 429BS; 41m two killed and 8 RTD when ship skidded on airfield PSP into railway embankment and broke up crashed on take off for Pardubice, Czecho. 24/8/44 and sal. 2nd PATCHES.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-0397378
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot, instructor
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
13 January 1944 | ||
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Assigned |
31 March 1944 | 99BG 346BS | |
|
Crashed |
24 August 1944 |
Revisions
Photo here. Freeman,...Story block list & various 15th Air Force masking references.
