42-39851 Buzz Buggy
Research from Facebook page flying fortress 1936 1945 tentativley identifying 42-39851 as Buzz Buggy
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10216566550009261&set=gm.229404949…
Object Number - UPL 55094
Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-J] Podington 2/12/43; transferred 486BG Sudbury 16/7/44; sal 12/10/44. Buzz Buggy
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Units served with
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379200.jpg.webp?itok=MbsLLiLg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
Revisions
Research from Facebook page Flying Fortress 1936 1945
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10216566550009261&set=gm.229404949…
Research on Facebook page flying fortress 1936 1945
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10216566550009261&set=gm.229404949…
AAM already has a separate listing by AAF serial number associating the image of Buzz Buggy to Vega 42-39851.
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 - 1945 considers # 851 as prime candidate for BUZZ BUGGY but as yet not reach a conclusion.
P. Marchese, Jan 3, 2022.
