42-6097 The Bad Penny Always Comes Back
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 6801 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-6097) nicknamed "The Bad Penny Always Comes Back" of the 96th Bomb Group. Image by Captain...
Delivered Long Beach 21/7/43; Cheyenne 23/7/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-O] Snetterton 12/9/43; used as 3AD trainer; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 13/8/45. THE BAD PENNY ALWAYS COMES BACK.
True to it's name 'The Bad Penny' always did come back to base. It was a veteran of the many conflicts throughout 1943 and was eventually decommissioned in 1943 and sent back to the US as a training plane making it one of the few original B-17F models used by the 96th to survive combat. It was used by the 3rd Division to train pilots and was eventually scrapped in 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 96th Bomb Group Headquarters (357th Fighter Group) Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
21 July 1943 | ||
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Delivered |
23 July 1943 | ||
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Assigned |
12 September 1943 | ||
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Other Returned to US |
9 July 1944 | Decommissioned from 96th Bomber Group |
Revisions
Page 128, The Mighty Eight in Color, Roger Freeman.
http://www.boeing.com/history/products/b-17-flying-fortress.page
