42-7482 Shack Rat
Flew 13 missions with 392nd Bomb Group
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![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379260.jpg?itok=7U84KPWK)
- Date: 26 September 1943
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg?itok=2XWNIY5H)
- Date: 6 September 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
10 August 1943 | ||
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 4 January 1944 |
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ContributorEmily
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PHOTO MACR/CNL Drawn from the records of the 392nd Bomb Group Memorial Association. The number of sorties flown were derived from the personal records of M/Sgt W Hoyt Barfield, the assigned dates were taken from information in the 392nd BG's files at Maxwell Air Force Base
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MACR 1908 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database