42-5143 Dirty gertie

42-5143 Dirty Gertie 42-5143 Dirty Gertie UPL 60028 B-17 42-5143 'Dirty Gertie'

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Object Number - UPL 60028 - B-17 42-5143 'Dirty Gertie'

Delivered Cheyenne 2/10/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 352BS/301BG Ain M'Lila 16/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; crash landed 52m Sicily 16/7/43 with Leo Hammond; rep, transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; 25m modified to weather ship 6/8/44; transferred 52FG Madna Fd, It.8/10/44; sal 2/11/44. DIRTY GERTIE.

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29473) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle" of the 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during a mission over Turin. Official caption on image: "26599 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF, 99th BG, 347th BS.' Printed caption on reverse: '26599 AC - A picturesque coastline in the Mediterranean forms a backdrop for a USAAF Flying Fortress on its way to bomb the vital Turin, Italy ball bearing plane on Nov. 8. This plane is one of a large formation whic

99th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Guy Crump

Guy Scott Crump

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 14081482
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
William Drewes

William Mills Drewes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 33311927
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Stephen Henry

Stephen W Henry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 18005789 / O-406550
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Eugene Ulrich

Eugene Russell Ulrich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-660636
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-5143: Gallery (4 items)

42-5143 Dirty Gertie

Object number: UPL 60028 - B-17 42-5143 'Dirty Gertie'

42-5143

Object number: UPL 62086 - B-17 42-5143 'Dirty Gertie'

Dirty Gertie crew

Object number: UPL 62091 - B-17 42-5143 'Dirty Gertie' with William Drewes...